In this podcast I get down to business with Robert Smith, the creator of Coalton, a language-within-a-language for Common Lisp. We cover a bunch of things, including:

LISP through the years

REPL-driven development (and why you might not always want a REPL attached!)

What makes Common Lisp special

How Coalton brings a powerful, Haskell-like type system to Common Lisp

Writing efficient code without turning your beautiful Common Lisp code into pulp

Had I given my podcasts titles, this one could be called "Much Ado About Macros"

Episode links:

Toward safe, flexible, and efficient software in Common Lisp

Debugging Lisp in space

A Road to Common Lisp

Coalton

Hackett

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