🚪 Introduction

Qob attempts to be good at these things:

• Play nicely with ASDF and Quicklisp.
• Support project local like Qlot and support global scope facilities.
• Works on all modern operating systems: Linux, macOS, and Windows.

We aim to make Qob an all-in-one tool so users no longer need to install tools like Roswell and Qlot, which only serve specific goals.

For many newcomers, getting started with Common Lisp can feel relatively easy compared to other advanced languages like Python or Rust. However, it is also perceived as a challenging language to begin with. This difficulty doesn’t stem from the language itself but rather from the ecosystem: the environment, toolchain, sparse documentation, limited search results, and other complexities can create obstacles.

Qob aims to address these challenges by making the environment more accessible. It simplifies tasks such as building executables and determining which functions to call for specific commands. Qob allows users to perform various Lisp operations without directly interacting with a Lisp implementation (e.g., SBCL). By using Qob, you can enjoy a user experience closer to that of modern high-level programming languages, avoiding the reliance on the traditional eval-based workflows.

• 0.1.x - Project bare-bones are pretty much complete!

• [FEAT] Add publish command; to publish the system to the Quciklisp dist?

• N/A

The design of Qob was greatly influenced by the following projects:

• Roswell - Common Lisp environment setup Utility
• Qlot - A project-local library installer for Common Lisp