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Re: Resources to learn common lisp?

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From	Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject	Re: Resources to learn common lisp?
Date	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 <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> 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?

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Re: Resources to learn common lisp? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-31 22:46 +0000
  Re: Resources to learn common lisp? tfb <tfb@work.it.out> - 2026-08-01 09:08 +0000
    Re: Resources to learn common lisp? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-08-01 07:49 -0400
      Re: Resources to learn common lisp? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-01 23:37 +0000
        Re: Resources to learn common lisp? "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-08-01 16:54 -0700
      Re: Resources to learn common lisp? tfb <tfb@work.it.out> - 2026-08-02 07:39 +0000
    Re: Resources to learn common lisp? steve g <Sgonedes1977@gmail.com> - 2026-08-04 22:39 -0400

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