Re: Resources to learn common lisp?

Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 22:46:45 -0000 (UTC)

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On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:21:51 -0300, Anton Antimo wrote:

> Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> The tragedy is not using Common Lisp for everything.
>
> I loved this bit and I have a feeling you're correct.

What a dumb idea. Common Lisp is full of legacy baggage to cater to
proprietary pre-POSIX OSes which are now extinct.

Python can offer basic facilities like these in its standard library:
<https://docs.python.org/3/library/subprocess.html>
<https://docs.python.org/3/library/select.html>; where are the Common
Lisp equivalents?