Subject: Re: Common Lisp from a Unix perspective - barriers to using CL
From: rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock)
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 04:47:49 -0600
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Message-ID: <MsudncVwqozIbOrYnZ2dnUVZ_qidnZ2d@speakeasy.net>
Robert Uhl <eadmund42@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
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| I don't know that any Lisp will ever be suitable for shell scripting...
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Hunh?!? I use CMUCL for "shell scripting" all the time!!!
$ file ~/bin/* | grep -i cmucl | wc -l
41
$
And many other people use CLISP and other implementations for
similar things. [I even have a half-dozen CLISP scripts myself.]
-Rob
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