Re: [cl-cookbook-contrib] [ cl-cookbook-Bugs-536679 ] suggestions and an offer of help

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> I just (stopped reading cll years ago, couldn't stand the noise)

I can sympathize with this... :)

> came across this excellent collection of pages. Nice one.

Thanks.

> You might want to consider adding
>         http://www.fast-index.com/declarative/lectures/
> to the online resources section (and please feel free to use it). 

I just did. Thanks.

> Also, the source for www.fast-index.com - see 
>         http://www.fast-index.com/distrib/fast-index/
> is packed with examples of many of the features discussed in the
> cookbook - threads, hashtables, file acess, string manipulation,
> sockets, etc etc. Perhaps we could think about whether it would be
> useful to add pointers to "real code" to cookbook pages.
> 
> Finally, an offer of help. Are there any areas which need
> documenting? I saw Tim Bradshaw has taken responsibility for one; if
> there are any more do let me know.

I'd be glad to grant developer status to you if you have a Sourceforge
account, so you can freely add to the CL Cookbook. (If you don't have
an account yet - it's a matter of seconds:
<http://sourceforge.net/account/register.php>). I'd also ask you to
subscribe to the cl-cookbook-contrib mailing list in this case.

As for chapters that are still missing: I personally think that
(logical) pathnames should be explained in detail (including good
examples for different platforms - Linux, Unix, Windows, Mac,
...). Also, I didn't have the time yet to look at your examples but
from your summary I'd be very much interested in reading more about
threads[1] and file access in particular. And, one more thing, Frederic
Brunel just proposed to add examples using UFFI
<http://uffi.med-info.com/> and CLSQL <http://clsql.med-info.com/>
(where I might add: as soon as it's integrated with UncommonSQL
<http://ww.telent.net/cliki/UncommonSQL>). I might want to write
something about these topics myself but I wouldn't be very angry if
you were faster than me... :)

Cheers,
Edi.

[1] implementation-independent solutions appreciated if possible


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Dr. Edmund Weitz
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Germany

The Common Lisp Cookbook
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