John Connors <·····@yagc.ndo.co.uk> writes:
> How did SLIME evolve? I understand that ILISP used comint mode, and
> Franz's ELI used sockets for communication with a subprocess: I'm
> interested in the sockets angle? Was there some ur-system that inspired ELI?
This isn't history, it's current affairs. Given that the project only
goes back to 2003, you can quite easily read the first year or two of
the mailing list and find out how it was developed.