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by zodmaner
3796 days ago
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Yeah, that paragraph is a bit misleading (and the whole readme could use some more love). Roswell is basically a tool that help you quickly setup a Lisp development environment. You can think of it as Ruby Version Manager (RVM) for Common Lisp. It can be used to install the latest version of the Lisp implementation of your choice (which is really a great feature if you use Debian stable or Ubuntu LTS), easily switch between various implementations, and even switch between different versions of each implementation. This makes testing your Lisp code across multiple implementations a breeze, especially when you use Roswell with CI tools. That the majority of Roswell developers are web developers and use it to develop, test and deploy web apps are merely a coincidence. Roswell can be used to develop all kinds of applications. Regarding the fragmentation issue, on Linux there are basically two major open source implementations that most people use nowadays: SBCL and Clozure Common Lisp (CCL). So it's hardly an issue at all. |
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If I'm understanding correctly, what you mean is people who develop web application servers, or the "backend" part of websites/apps.
Also it would be wonderful if the first thing in the readme was just how to set up with a specific language. A "getting started" section might be just the trick, to show that you can install roswell, and then install your desired implementation of common lisp super quickly and easily.
Also thanks for sharing on the fragmentation front -- I thought SBCL still had a bunch of competitors.. Though I know racket has quite it's share of proponents.