Re: I wish I'd never met Lisp

From: Espen Vestre (espen_at_*do-not-spam-me*.vestre.net)
Date: 06/17/04


Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 10:46:13 +0200

Luke Gorrie <luke@bluetail.com> writes:

> Apologies if this has been hashed out before, but what are the
> features that make the commercial Lisps so much better?

I do some cross-platform GUI development, and LispWorks's CAPI
saves me a lot of work. I also use the graphical debugging/inspection
tools frequently, especially function call graphs and the generic
function and class browsers.

-- 
  (espen)


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