From: GP l. <fp...@cl...> - 2008-10-15 00:01:43
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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 |