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Wanted to share Smelter, a self-contained binary for running Lisp scripts without the usual setup overhead. It started as a Coalton runner, but 0.2 adds native Common Lisp mode. Generally meant to solve "just running CL" (i.e. without SBCL images, or configuring Quicklisp).…
Pattern matching isn't just syntax sugar ... it's the compiler asking "have you thought about this?" Learn how Coalton's match expression ensures you handle every case, with no silent nil or missing branches.…
(being an exploration of structural computation) The Premise I've been thinking about how we learn to process collections. In most languages, we reach for loops first – for, while, the familiar…
Pure functions are the foundation of everything in Coalton. They're predictable, composable, and safe by default. The type signatures aren't red tape: they're guardrails that let you move fast without breaking things.…
This is the core benefit Coalton brings to Lisp: structured correctness with minimal friction.…