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- From: pierce@at-mail-server.vitro.com ("pierce")
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp.mcl
- Subject: RE: Reducing Size of MCL applications
- Message-ID: <9301111603.AA20414@brazil.cambridge.apple.com>
- Date: 11 Jan 93 04:05:15 GMT
- Sender: info-mcl-request@cambridge.apple.com
- Lines: 22
- Approved: comp.lang.lisp.mcl@Cambridge.Apple.C0M
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- >>We'll probably be looking into a few ways to reduce the size of MCL (though
- >>probably not for 2.1). Some ideas are:
- >>
- >>3) One or more shared libraries for the different pieces of MCL.
- >> This will allow small MCL applications at the expense of some
- >> large inits.
-
- This discussion seems to be implying that size of MCL applications is the only
- issue preventing the rapid delivery of commercial applications in MCL.
-
- Let me emphasize that I believe the ability to integrate existing foreign C++
- libraries and application frameworks such as Bedrock with MCL code is equally
- important. The Lisp community should not have to reinvent everything and MCL
- should not prevent MCL developers from benefiting from existing foreign code.
- Supporting hybrid application development would make MCL applications smaller
- and allow MCL developers to work with other programming team members or other
- programming teams who have chosen C++ without having to convince them to switch
- to Lisp.
-
- -Jonathan Pierce
-
- pierce@Vitro.com
-