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What is ASDF?

• alexjplant 1y ago
  No idea why you're being downvoted for asking a simple question about an acronym. From Wikipedia [1]: > ASDF (Another System Definition Facility) is a package format and a build tool for Common Lisp libraries. It is analogous to tools such as Make and Ant. Contemporary developers using more mainstream languages are likely more familiar with asdf [2], the "Multiple Runtime Version Manager". [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_System_Definition_Facility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_System_Definition_Faci... [2] https://asdf-vm.com/ https://asdf-vm.com/
• mikedelago 1y ago
  ASDF - another system definition facility - is the de facto standard build system for common lisp. https://asdf.common-lisp.dev/ https://asdf.common-lisp.dev/ In common lisp, you don't need a build system at all; you can `(load "file.lisp")` everything and it should generally just work. But of course, build systems are useful tools, so nonetheless ASDF exists and it's nice enough to the degree that nobody has built a better and more widespread common lisp build system. Some good trivial examples are in the lisp cookbook: https://lispcookbook.github.io/cl-cookbook/systems.html https://lispcookbook.github.io/cl-cookbook/systems.html