Hello. My name is Daniel Haskin. I'm conducting a survey of the Common Lisp Community in 2024. I will run the survey for six weeks, starting on Saturday, June 15, 2024, and ending on Saturday, July 27, 2024. I will publish the results on the first Saturday in August 2024.
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The survey text is below.
Do you use Common Lisp? [ ] YES or [ ] NO (Mark with an x)
Do you use it for work? [ ] YES or [ ] NO (Mark with an x)
If so, for how long? (Please specify here -> <-)
Do you use it for fun? [ ] YES or [ ] NO (Mark with an x)
If so, for how long? (Please specify here -> <-)
Which version of the Spec do you find yourself using the most in the last month?
(Mark with an x)
- [ ] HyperSpec: http://clhs.lisp.se/
- [ ] NovaSpec: http://novaspec.org/
- [ ] Other (Please specify here: -> <-)
Where do you go to chat with other Common Lispers? (Mark all that apply with an
x)
- [ ] IRC: #commonlisp on Libera Chat
- [ ] Discord: The Lisp Discord
- [ ] Reddit: The Common_Lisp subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Common_Lisp/
- [ ] Matrix: The Common Lisp Matrix.org chat room
- [ ] I don't typically engage in any of these channels.
- [ ] Other (Please specify here: -> <-)
What is your primary day-to-day Common Lisp implementation? (Mark with an x)
- [ ] Steel Bank Common Lisp: https://www.sbcl.org/
- [ ] Clozure Common Lisp: https://ccl.clozure.com/
- [ ] Armed Bear Common Lisp: https://armedbear.common-lisp.dev/
- [ ] LispWorks: https://www.lispworks.com/
- [ ] Allegro Common Lisp: https://franz.com/products/allegro-common-lisp/
- [ ] Embeddable Common Lisp: https://ecl.common-lisp.dev/
- [ ] CLASP: https://github.com/clasp-developers/clasp
- [ ] SICL: https://github.com/robert-strandh/SICL
- [ ] Other (Please specify here: -> <-)
Which implementations have you seriously used in the last 12 months OTHER THAN
your daily driver? (Mark all that apply with an x)
- [ ] Steel Bank Common Lisp: https://www.sbcl.org/
- [ ] Clozure Common Lisp: https://ccl.clozure.com/
- [ ] Armed Bear Common Lisp: https://armedbear.common-lisp.dev/
- [ ] LispWorks: https://www.lispworks.com/
- [ ] Allegro Common Lisp: https://franz.com/products/allegro-common-lisp/
- [ ] Embeddable Common Lisp: https://ecl.common-lisp.dev/
- [ ] CLASP: https://github.com/clasp-developers/clasp
- [ ] SICL: https://github.com/robert-strandh/SICL
- [ ] Other (Please specify here: -> <-)
Editor: Which editor do you use as your daily driver?
- [ ] Emacs + SLIME
- [ ] Lem
- [ ] Vim + SLIMV/VLIME/Like SLIME For Vim
- [ ] VSCode + Alive
- [ ] Other (Please specify here: -> <-)
Dependency Management: Have you used one of these tools in the last 12 months?
If so, which ones? (Mark with an x all that apply)
- [ ] Not Applicable (I haven't used anything for this need in the last 12
months)
- [ ] quicklisp: https://www.quicklisp.org/beta/
- [ ] ultralisp: https://ultralisp.org/
- [ ] ocicl: https://github.com/ocicl/ocicl
- [ ] qlot: https://github.com/fukamachi/qlot
- [ ] clpm: https://www.clpm.dev/
- [ ] Other (Please specify here: -> <-)
Testing Framework: Which testing framework do you reach for when creating new
projects? (Mark with an x)
- [ ] Not Applicable (I haven't done this in the last 12 months)
- [ ] Rove/Prove: https://github.com/fukamachi/rove
- [ ] Parachute: https://github.com/Shinmera/parachute
- [ ] Fiveam: https://github.com/lispci/fiveam
- [ ] lisp-unit2: https://github.com/AccelerationNet/lisp-unit2
- [ ] Other (Please specify here: -> <-)
Web Server: Which web server do you reach for when creating new projects? (Mark
with an x)
- [ ] Not Applicable (I haven't done this in the last 12 months)
- [ ] Clack: https://github.com/fukamachi/clack
- [ ] plain Hutchentoot: http://edicl.github.io/hunchentoot/
- [ ] Other (Please specify here: -> <-)
Web Framework: Which web framework do you reach for when creating new projects?
(Mark with an x)
- [ ] Not Applicable (I haven't done this in the last 12 months)
- [ ] Caveman/Caveman2: https://github.com/fukamachi/caveman
- [ ] Radiance: https://shirakumo.github.io/radiance-homepage/
- [ ] Other (Please specify here: -> <-)
JSON library: Which JSON library do you reach for when creating new projects?
- [ ] Not Applicable (I haven't done this in the last 12 months)
- [ ] cl-json: https://cl-json.common-lisp.dev/cl-json.html
- [ ] YASON: https://phmarek.github.io/yason/
- [ ] com.inuoe.jzon: https://github.com/Zulu-Inuoe/jzon
- [ ] Shast: https://github.com/yitzchak/shasht
- [ ] Other (Please specify here: -> <-)
XML parser: Which XML parser library do you reach for when creating new
projects (if applicable)?
- [ ] Not Applicable (I haven't done this in the last 12 months)
- [ ] Plump: https://github.com/Shinmera/plump
- [ ] CXML: https://common-lisp.net/project/cxml/
- [ ] s-xml: https://s-xml.common-lisp.dev/
- [ ] xmls: https://s-xml.common-lisp.dev/
- [ ] Other (Please specify here: -> <-)
CLI library: What CLI library do you reach for when creating new projects (if
applicable)?
- [ ] Not Applicable (I haven't done this in the last 12 months)
- [ ] clingon: https://github.com/dnaeon/clingon
- [ ] unix-opts: https://github.com/libre-man/unix-opts
- [ ] adopt: https://github.com/sjl/adopt/
- [ ] clon: https://github.com/didierverna/clon
- [ ] Other (Please specify here: -> <-)
What other library categories would you like to see in future surveys, if any?
(free-form, type below:)
What libraries or tooling would you like to see written for Common Lisp next?
(free-form, type below:)
Is there anything else you wish to let the surveyor know?
(free-form, type below:)