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articulate-common-lisp / articulate-common-lisp.github.io

docs/specs for a tutorial site for a Common Lisp environment
http://articulate-lisp.com/
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Implementation description #47

Open fare opened 8 years ago

fare commented 8 years ago

Environment is better than "system", but I would still say "implementation". Traditionally by "environment", one includes Emacs + SLIME + entire toolchain.

Descriptions are off.

I would qualify SBCL as "Highest speed. Great on Linux, Good on OSX, passable on Windows". The compiler itself is the slowest. It's the code it produces that's fast.

For CCL, I'd write "High speed code. Great on Linux, OSX, Windows. Commercial support."

For CLISP, I'd write "Most compact code. Most portable. A bit quaint. Not actively maintained." Base: bytecode.

For LW and Allegro, I'd write "High speed. Great on Linux, OSX, Windows. Proprietary platform."

Or I'd make a grid for how fast the code is, how well each OS is supported, whether it's free software, whether there's commercial support.

veddox commented 8 years ago

@fare thanks for your input. There has been a major restructuring of the site recently, see what you think. I'll try and incorporate your suggestions in the descriptions of the various implementations.