Friday, September 12, 2008

Making an Executable

Ostia Antica, harbor city of ancient Rome Not infrequently, some poor lisp newb will ask how to make an executable in lisp. The answer of course, is "what do you mean by 'executable?'" If the newb is lucky, somebody will eventually take break from pretending not to know exactly what he means and point him to save-lisp-and-die. But, they will hasten to add, making an executable is really a silly thing to do, so why bother?

Fresh from the mind of Sergey Kolos, Cusp contributor extraordinaire and the man who recently brought us integrated unit testing comes this wild innovation: a menu item called "Create Exe." That's right. In the next version, all Cusp users will have to do is right-click on their project and select "Create Exe." That, my friends, is what user-friendliness looks like.

So buck up, newbs. With luck, the endless discussions on what the meaning of the word "is" is will soon be replaced by the simple advice to "use Cusp."

I wouldn't hold my breath, though.