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screwlisp<p>I want to argue that <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lisp</span></a> community <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/gof_ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gof_ai</span></a> good-old-fashioned-AI is what modern indie itch.io (i.e. non-LLM) game developers do and are concerned with and that people who are interested in McCarthian circumscription and computer agents learning and making decisions belong in the world of <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/indie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indie</span></a> <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> and that indie gamedev can naturally connect their game logic/visualization with decades of study on basically-what-their-games-could-be-like.</p>
Racket Lang<p>Racket v8.18</p><p><a href="http://blog.racket-lang.org/2025/08/racket-v8-18.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.racket-lang.org/2025/08/r</span><span class="invisible">acket-v8-18.html</span></a></p><p>posted by Stephen De Gabrielle We are pleased to announce Racket v8.18 is now available from <a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">download.racket-lang.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>. As of this release: The racket-lang.org website no longer distributes Racket BC bundles, but it includes...</p><p><a href="https://clj.social/tags/racketlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racketlang</span></a> <a href="https://clj.social/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lisp</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://functional.cafe/@racketlang" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>racketlang@functional.cafe</span></a></span> !racket@lemmy.ml <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.ml/c/racket" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>racket</span></a></span></p>
dinomug<p><strong>Genera Concepts</strong></p> <p><a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/35024826" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lemmy.ml/post/35024826</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Lobsters<p>Using Common Lisp from inside the Browser <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/e5sio6" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lobste.rs/s/e5sio6</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lisp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a><br><a href="https://turtleware.eu/posts/Using-Common-Lisp-from-inside-the-Browser.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">turtleware.eu/posts/Using-Comm</span><span class="invisible">on-Lisp-from-inside-the-Browser.html</span></a></p>
☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆<p><strong>Using Common Lisp from inside the Browser</strong></p> <p><a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/35011126" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lemmy.ml/post/35011126</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Hacker News 50<p>Show HN: Using Common Lisp from Inside the Browser</p><p>Link: <a href="https://turtleware.eu/posts/Using-Common-Lisp-from-inside-the-Browser.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">turtleware.eu/posts/Using-Comm</span><span class="invisible">on-Lisp-from-inside-the-Browser.html</span></a><br>Discussion: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44971744" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4</span><span class="invisible">4971744</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.lansky.name/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lisp</span></a></p>
(roll m3tti)<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@veronica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>veronica</span></a></span> thats why i'm on an outlook for development tools with very decent documentations and interactive development so that i can explore the inner workings when needed. <a href="https://functional.cafe/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://functional.cafe/tags/posix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>posix</span></a> <a href="https://functional.cafe/tags/plainphp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plainphp</span></a> <a href="https://functional.cafe/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lisp</span></a></p>
DeadSwitch @ T0m's 1T C4fe<p>Common Lisp is not just a language. It's a ritual. A framework. A tool that's known by a minority - a cipher for the Ghosts.</p><p><a href="https://deadswitch404.github.io/2025/08/learn-to-cut-with-cl.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">deadswitch404.github.io/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">8/learn-to-cut-with-cl.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CommonLisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommonLisp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lisp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeadSwitchGhostWare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeadSwitchGhostWare</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>Using Common Lisp from Inside the Browser</p><p><a href="https://turtleware.eu/posts/Using-Common-Lisp-from-inside-the-Browser.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">turtleware.eu/posts/Using-Comm</span><span class="invisible">on-Lisp-from-inside-the-Browser.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Using" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Using</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Common" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Common</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lisp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/from" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>from</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Inside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inside</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/the" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>the</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Browser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CommonLisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommonLisp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebDevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Languages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LispCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LispCommunity</span></a></p>
Curated Hacker News<p>Show HN: Using Common Lisp from Inside the Browser</p><p><a href="https://turtleware.eu/posts/Using-Common-Lisp-from-inside-the-Browser.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">turtleware.eu/posts/Using-Comm</span><span class="invisible">on-Lisp-from-inside-the-Browser.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lisp</span></a></p>
Daniel Kochmański<p>I wrote a blog post that summarizes the current progress on Web Embeddable Common Lisp:</p><p><a href="https://turtleware.eu/posts/Using-Common-Lisp-from-inside-the-Browser.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">turtleware.eu/posts/Using-Comm</span><span class="invisible">on-Lisp-from-inside-the-Browser.html</span></a></p><p>This work is possible thanks to funding from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.nlnet.nl/@nlnet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nlnet</span></a></span> via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@NGIZero" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>NGIZero</span></a></span> program.</p><p><a href="https://functional.cafe/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lisp</span></a> <a href="https://functional.cafe/tags/ecl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecl</span></a> <a href="https://functional.cafe/tags/webassembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webassembly</span></a></p>
Robert<p>I saw some posts about REPLs in <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lisp</span></a> and I was wondering: How do people actually use a <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/REPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>REPL</span></a>?</p><p>I like reproducibility and I have grown up with compiled languages, so REPLs feel foreign to me.</p>
Lex Plt<p>I've created a first rough draft of an article comparing <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ArkScript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArkScript</span></a> and other <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lisp</span></a> like <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Clojure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clojure</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CommonLisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommonLisp</span></a> !</p><p>Please tell me what you think about it! If you'd like something to be more detailed, or a specific facet of those langs to be used as a comparison point, etc</p><p><a href="https://arkscript-lang.dev/blog/comparison-with-other-lisps/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arkscript-lang.dev/blog/compar</span><span class="invisible">ison-with-other-lisps/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/pldev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pldev</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/scheme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scheme</span></a></p>
The Medley Interlisp Project<p>To edit a font on Medley Interlisp load and run the EDITFONT font editor like in the screenshot:</p><p>(FILESLOAD EDITFONT)<br>(EDITFONT '(TIMESROMAND 36 BOLD))</p><p>Left-click on a character to edit its bitmap, middle-click to bring up a menu.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/interlisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interlisp</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lisp</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/fonts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fonts</span></a></p>
Zach 🇮🇱 🇺🇸<p>I'm <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/curious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>curious</span></a> to know what y'all's <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opinion</span></a> on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/neovim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neovim</span></a> + <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/fennel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fennel</span></a>? Frankly I'm <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/torn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>torn</span></a>. On onehand it's nice for those of us that <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/prefer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prefer</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lisp</span></a> over <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/lua" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lua</span></a>. on the other hand it's needless overhead. thoughts? <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/editor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>editor</span></a></p>
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jjba23" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jjba23</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@abcdw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>abcdw</span></a></span> I may be missing the point but a docstring *is* a string and not a comment? Comments (at least in Emacs Lisp; I don't know Scheme) start with a ";". In that sense, this is not a bug.</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emacs</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lisp</span></a></p>
Hacker News 50<p>Customizing Lisp REPLs</p><p>Link: <a href="https://aartaka.me/customize-repl.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">aartaka.me/customize-repl.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Discussion: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44939654" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4</span><span class="invisible">4939654</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.lansky.name/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lisp</span></a></p>
Josep Bigorra (jjba23)<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@abcdw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>abcdw</span></a></span> I was realizing (again) today, scheme-mode on Emacs doesn't highlight docstrings properly. Docstrings in define, define*, lambda, and others, they use `font-lock-string-face` instead of `font-lock-comment-face`. Do you in your infinite Lisp wisdom (or some other <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/guix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hacker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hacker</span></a>) have an idea how one could fix that? I have looked at Scheme-mode built-in to Emacs but I can't figure out the puzzle.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emacs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scheme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scheme</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/guile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guile</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/docstring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>docstring</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lisp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mode</span></a></p>
Daniel Kochmański<p>psst</p><p>Save it on disk and open using firefox:<br><a href="https://turtleware.eu/static/paste/easy.html.txt" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">turtleware.eu/static/paste/eas</span><span class="invisible">y.html.txt</span></a></p><p>Working on a blog post about the current progress.</p><p><a href="https://functional.cafe/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lisp</span></a> <a href="https://functional.cafe/tags/ecl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecl</span></a></p>
Paolo Amoroso<p>Cl-gopher is a Common Lisp library that implements the server and client sides of the Gopher protocol, as well as a sample text client. An easy to understand and well designed example of using CLOS.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/knusbaum/cl-gopher" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/knusbaum/cl-gopher</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/gopher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gopher</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CommonLisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommonLisp</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/clos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>clos</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lisp</span></a></p>