Any #CommonLisp folks know of long form resources for learning how to do repl based development? I saw an article that said they used live debugging of a running system on a space mission which has got me intrigued. #lisp #programming
@hajovonta Ty! Are there non-emacs guides that you're aware of? SLIME seems useful but I don't want to entirely switch editors just to use it.
@mauve
you don't need an editor to use the REPL. You can start SBCL from the terminal and use it from there. However, SLIME has many features that makes the usage convenient. I initially used AllegroCL Express from the company Franz for a few months before transitioning to Emacs. Others use Lispworks. I can't tell about VSCode or others because I am not familiar with them. I heard there may be a vim plugin and something for atom, not sure.
@mauve
When you do REPL-based development, you do a conversation in the REPL, rather than modifying the files directly. A simple basic file editor won't do here I'm afraid.
@hajovonta Yeah! I'm aware. I was hoping folks had writeups of using something like the SBCL REPL for more advanced uses than the usual introduction to the basic features. TBH I might just make my own REPL and add whatever features I need at this point. 😅
