Re: [Sbcl-devel] sb-simple-streams on common-lisp.net

[Nikodemus S. <tsi...@cc...>]

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Frederic Brunel wrote:

> I guess that the SIMPLE-STREAMS implementation which comes with SBCL
> contribs in the only open-source one.  Why not putting it as a separate
> library on common-lisp.net so that it can be ported to different
> implementation? I think it will be a good start.

Historically: The sb-simple-streams contrib is based on the CMUCL
version developed by Paul Foley.

Practically: Simple streams need to be fairly intimate with the underlying
implementation, so maintaining multiple implementations in a single tree
is probably pretty far from optimal.

Cheers,

 -- Nikodemus                   "Not as clumsy or random as a C++ or Java.
                             An elegant weapon for a more civilized time."