;; a comment starts with a semicolon like that (in-package :scripts) ; always starts a script with this line ;; defun means 'define a function' (defun read-stdin () ;; 'let' introduce a new variable, 'data' in this case (let ((data (loop ; read from standard and collect character in a list for char = (read-char *standard-input* nil nil) while char collect char))) (coerce data 'string))) ; transform the list in a string (defun main () (when-let* ((body (read-stdin))) ;; the first element of a list (the stuff between parents is the ;; function name the rest of the lists are the functions parameters. ;; nil means false or kind of 'empty' (send-status body nil nil nil +status-public-visibility+))) ;; call the function to send a toot (main)