Serial port communication in common lisp

Question

Is there a library for serial port communication in Common Lisp on Windows?

Answer 1

This isn't really a lisp question, but I'll attempt to answer it anyway. Short answer: no. Long answer: possibly. It depends on how the FFI works and what environment you're using(raw windows, cygwin, mingw) If you are using raw windows, the chances is very slim. Actually, either way I'd bet the chances are slim. Lisp is a fairly high-level language, and isn't designed for stuff such as this.

Answer 2

I don't know if there's a free one available, but LispWorks has one - SERIAL-PORT.

Failing that, you might have to write your own. You could try simply writing the FFI wrappers for the Windows calls (GetCommState, WaitCommEvent, etc.) as a start. It's most certainly doable.