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"I don't write scripts that I call from the command line, I write functions that I call from the REPL, and use the slime and Emacs environment to create and interact with data". <3

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A nice addition to my slime/Emacs environment (which is really a rediscovery for me after almost 10 years in IDEs like Eclipse) was iimage[1]. It converts image file name in the REPL to inline images, makes it very easy to prototype functions that create some graphics. E.g. I use vecto[2] (also written by Zach!) to produce a disk usage visualization and it shows up directly below the function call in Emacs :D

[1] http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~kose/Emacs/iimage.html

[2] http://www.xach.com/lisp/vecto/ or (ql:quickload 'vecto)

Oh, iimage is a great find thanks!

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