Re: [Gcl-devel] 2.6.2 - proposed patch for pcl/makefile

[ddj]

        It would be a good idea to have a defsystem in GCL.
        Do other lisps ship their own?  Will have to wait
        for 2.7 though.

CLisp ships with mk:defsystem and SBCL ships with asdf.
CMUCL will ship with asdf too very soon now.  Most people
use both systems and it seems to become customary to
make system-files for both when building libraries.
The syntax is almost the same although they are implemented
quite differently.  Asdf uses CLOS as far as I can tell.
An experimental or more "modern" version of mk:defsystem
also uses CLOS, but it doesn't seem to catch on yet.

Dennis Decker Jensen