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- Date: 10 Nov 1994 13:15:32 -0800
- From: rick_fleischman@powertalk.apple.com (Rick Fleischman)
- Subject: Apple Turns Over MCL Development to Digitool
- To: announce-mcl@cambridge.apple.com
-
- Contact:
- Janet Spinks
- Regis McKenna, Inc.
- (408) 974-3886
-
- Apple Turns Over Development of Macintosh Common Lisp to Digitool, Inc.
- Digitool to Market and Support Macintosh Common Lisp, Provide Native Power
- Macintosh Version
-
- Cupertino, California--November 10, 1994--As part of its program to
- accelerate the availability of developer tools for the Power Macintosh ,
- and demonstrating its commitment to Macintosh Common Lisp (MCL) users,
- Apple Computer, Inc. today announced that it has licensed its MCL
- development software to Digitool, Inc. The purpose of the agreement is for
- Digitool to take over future development of MCL. Digitool has agreed to
- provide ongoing marketing and technical support for MCL, and to introduce
- next year a Power Macintosh version of the software, which will generate
- native PowerPC code.
-
- Digitool also has agreed to continue further development of the version of
- MCL for Macintosh systems based on the Motorola 680x0 processors. Apple
- will continue to offer MCL through APDA, the company's source for developer
- tools.
-
- "This agreement underscores Apple's ongoing commitment to the developer
- community to provide strong support for our developer tools and to allow
- developers to move their code forward to new hardware platforms and OS
- releases," commented Peter Christy, Apple's senior director of Developer
- Products Engineering. "With this agreement, Apple and Digitool will be
- working together to ensure a bright future for MCL on both the 680x0-based
- Macintosh and Power Macintosh."
-
- Apple now expects that developers who have programs based on MCL code will
- be able to continue development efforts with the knowledge that their code
- can be ported to the Power Macintosh. In addition, developers will benefit
- by full support--and future enhancements--of the 680x0 version of MCL by
- Digitool.
-
- "Digitool is very pleased with this new MCL responsibility," said Hazem
- Sayed, president and founder of Digitool. "MCL is in a league of its own as
- an implementation of the Common Lisp standard and object system. It has
- sold many Lisp users on the Macintosh and sold many Macintosh developers on
- Lisp. Now, as well as with our future release of a Power Macintosh native
- MCL, many of the large workstation-based Lisp systems developed in academe,
- aerospace, telecommunications, military, finance and medicine will find an
- unbeatable price/performance delivery platform."
-
- Digitool, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a new software company
- formed by the principals of Paradigm Software, Incorporated, and staffed by
- former employees of Apple's MCL development team. Digitool's MCL
- development effort is partially funded by eleven corporate sponsors and MCL
- customers including Apple Computer, Inc., Flavors Technology, Inc., KyTek,
- Inc., Lissys Ltd., and the University of Basel.
-
- Product Summary
- Common Lisp is an advanced programming language widely used in industry and
- research. MCL is recognized as a premier implementation of Common Lisp on
- personal computers with performance comparable to Lisp workstations. An
- object-oriented dynamic language, MCL implements the ANSI Common Lisp
- Object System (CLOS) and includes an incremental compiler and application
- generator. MCL is ideally suited for quick application prototyping and
- provides a delivery environment for intelligent applications as well as
- high-level Macintosh interface access.
-
- Availability and Pricing
- MCL Version 2.0.1 is available for U.S. $495 through APDA, Apple's source
- for development tools and related programming products. Pricing for future
- versions will be announced upon product availability. Digitool also has
- announced that it will provide current users with the ability to upgrade to
- future versions at a reduced price. Site licenses for MCL are also
- available from APDA.
-
- APDA publishes the APDA Tools Catalog which describes hundreds of Apple and
- third-party products. Developers should contact APDA for orders only and
- Digitool for product support and all other inquiries using the following
- addresses or phone numbers.
-
- APDA
- Apple Computer, Inc.
- P.O. Box 319
- Buffalo, NY 14207-0319
- 800-282-2732 (U.S.A.)
- 800-637-0029 (Canada)
- 716-871-6555 (International)
- 716-871-6511 (Fax)
-
- Digitool, Inc.
- 675 Massachusetts Avenue
- Cambridge, MA 02139
- 617-441-5000
- 617-576-7680 (fax)
- DIGITOOL (AppleLink)
- HSAYED@DIGITOOL.COM (Internet)
-
- Apple Computer, Inc., a recognized pioneer and innovator in the information
- industry, creates powerful solutions based on easy to use personal
- computers, servers, peripherals, software, online services, and personal
- digital assistants. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Apple (NASDAQ:
- AAPL) develops, manufactures, licenses and markets products, technologies
- and services for the business, education, consumer, scientific &
- engineering and government markets in over 140 countries.
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