Re: [cclan-list] A plurality of defsystems [was Re: rfc - delay the parsing of system components ]

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   From: Gary King <gw...@me...>
   Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:59:59 -0400

   Lisp tends to make things much harder because we keep inventing
   things. Each new defsystem adds another barrier to entry because it
   requires more setup and thinking. Choice is good; too much choice
   is paralyzing.

I must agee with this, having felt this way many times.  However, I
can also point at UFFI and CFFI as a somewhat similar situation to
what is going on in ASDF.  The names are similar, the functions are
similar, and the latter one improved upon the former.

I also know the confusion factor from 'same-name but incompatible with
the past'.  Pick a rather similar name, and give the ideas the test of
time.  People do beat pathways to code that moves them in a needed
direction.  Frankly worrying about the name, rather than the code
doesn't seem productive.

r