Numpy and Common Lisp?

[Stelian Ionescu]

On Tue, 2023-04-11 at 15:04 -0500, Robert Goldman wrote:
> I don't mean to rain on the parade, but the development and
> maintenance 
> of numpy consumes a level of resources that is simply beyond the 
> capacity of the CL community to muster.
> 
> The NUMFocus project, a non-profit, supports this and other numerical
> computation projects (most, but not exclusively python), drawing on 
> substantial amounts of corporate sponsorship.
> 
> I urge you to cast your eyes on this NumFOCUS sponsors list before 
> thinking that our community could even begin to tackle this task:  
> https://numfocus.org/sponsors

These companies are willing and able to fund this project because NumPy
is a core part of software products that yield large profits.

I keep seeing big dreams about major development in CL and my answer
nowadays is "go start a company and write Lisp". Even "a small team
with clear goals" is still significant payroll.

-- 
Stelian Ionescu

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