Colin Woodbury

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1. A Tour of the Lisps
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-01-29

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1. colingw · 2024-01-29

   Yes, it's more than just about the language itself, as I describe here: https://www.fosskers.ca/en/blog/software-dev-langs For some people, community signals are very important. Massive conferences or raw number of libraries, etc., indicate some inner quality of that language's ecosystem that they value.

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2. medo-bear · 2024-01-29

   Submitted A Tour of the Lisps as a story · 358 points

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3. colingw · 2025-05-08

   Thanks for the tip. I double-checked, and while there is no difference between 0 and 1 for SBCL and ABCL, there is a slowdown for ECL. I've elaborated here: https://www.fosskers.ca/en/blog/optimizing-common-lisp#orgb5...

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4. todsacerdoti · 2025-08-31

   Submitted Quirks of Common Lisp Types as a story · 121 points

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5. colingw · 2021-03-10

   Submitted Guide: Full Wayland Setup for Linux as a story · 112 points

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6. colingw · 2022-01-31

   Submitted Software Development Languages: Haskell as a story · 96 points

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7. todsacerdoti · 2025-06-27

   Submitted Cross-Compiling Common Lisp for Windows as a story · 71 points

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8. todsacerdoti · 2025-05-07

   Submitted Optimizing Common Lisp as a story · 52 points

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9. 2-3-7-43-1807 · 2024-08-25

   Submitted Aaron Swartz: How I Hire Programmers (2009) as a story · 6 points

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10. todsacerdoti · 2021-08-17

    Submitted Contributing to Emacs as a story · 5 points

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11. geospeck · 2024-01-29

    Submitted A Tour of the Lisps as a story · 4 points

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12. OJFord · 2021-07-30

    Submitted The herb combination chart as a story · 3 points

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13. colingw · 2020-07-29

    Submitted 'Software Development Languages' vs. 'Programming Languages' as a story · 3 points

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14. nemoniac · 2024-03-07

    Submitted Proven Complexity and Technology Choice as a story · 2 points

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15. lioeters · 2024-01-30

    Submitted Subsetting Your Life as a story · 2 points

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16. dxs · 2024-01-30

    Submitted How Software Companies Die (2023) as a story · 1 points

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17. todsacerdoti · 2021-12-22

    Submitted Arc Borrowing Patterns as a story · 1 points

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18. colingw · 2020-08-12

    Submitted Software Development Languages (Part 2): Rust as a story · 1 points

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