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- From: jota@iguana.inesc.pt (Joao Pedro Martins)
- Subject: Re: Xlisp 2.1 vs. CL (II), CLISP
- Message-ID: <1992Dec13.055005.20083@inesc.pt>
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- Organization: INESC - Inst. Eng. Sistemas e Computadores, LISBOA. PORTUGAL.
- References: <723963744.AA00000@blkcat.UUCP>
- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 05:50:05 GMT
- Lines: 29
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- In article <723963744.AA00000@blkcat.UUCP>, Bruce.Feist@f615.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Bruce Feist) writes:
- |> Hello Espen!
- |>
- |> Wednesday December 09 1992 09:11, Espen J. Vestre wrote to All:
- |>
- |> EJV> I'm teaching a (beginner's) course in Common Lisp. Several of the
- |> EJV> students use xlisp v. 2.1 at home.
- |>
- |> Espen, are you and your students aware of the existence of CLISP? It's an
- |> almost-complete implementation of Common LISP that comes in an MS-DOS
- |> implementation, requiring at least a 386SX and 2 meg of RAM. XLISP isn't really
- |> that close to full CL; it's missing things like multiple-value returns and
- |> dynamic scoping. CLISP has all of these. It includes compilation as well as
- |> interpretation, and (oddly enough) is a German product. Also, it's shareware
- |> (free with a recommended 'gift'). Good product.
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- I have to agree on this... personally I use VAXLISP or AKCL, but
- I distributed CLIP to several friends of mine and they immediatly dumped
- XLISP, and can now work in a full common Lisp environment.
-
- By what I have heard, it is really quite good. And if you find a
- bug, let them know by mail, it WILL be corrected.
-
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- Joao Pedro Martins, Lisboa, Portugal - jota@tutor.inesc.pt
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- "cover my face while the animals cry [...],
- cover my face while the animals die !" (The Cure)
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