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# From Python to Common Lisp

Dimitri Fontaine 2014 [Why is pgloader faster
?](https://tapoueh.org/blog/2014/05/why-is-pgloader-so-much-faster/)

> "In searching for a modern programming language the best candidate I found was actually Common Lisp."

> "Not only is Common Lisp code compiled to machine code when using most Common
> Lisp Implementations such as SBCL or Clozure Common Lisp; it’s also possible
> to actually benefit from parallel computing and threads in Common Lisp. In
> the pgloader case I’ve been using the lparallel utilities, in particular its
> queuing facility to be able to implement asynchronous IOs where a thread
> reads the source data and preprocess it, fills up a batch at a time in a
> buffer that is then pushed down to the writer thread, that handles the COPY
> protocol and operations. So my current analysis is that the new thread based
> architecture used with a very powerful compiler for the Common Lisp
> high-level language are allowing pgloader to enter a whole new field of data
> loading performances." 



# Vim plugins for Lisp

Vim Slime is a vim plugin inspired by the original Superior Lisp Interaction
Mode for Emacs. Going down that rabbit hole, I found a link to this [1990ies
Lisp style guide](www.norvig.com/luv-slides.ps), which has quite a nice way to
formulate decisions frame works for what constitutes good programming.