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- Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 00:00:41 -0500
- To: announce-mcl@cambridge.apple.com
- From: hsayed@digitool.com (Hazem Sayed)
- Subject: 1st MCL Development Update
-
- We have begun the port of MCL to the PowerPC platform, and hope to have it
- completed late next year. MCL for the Power Macintosh will be based on the
- as yet unreleased MCL 3.0.
-
- In the first half of 1995, we expect to release MCL 3.0 for 680x0 Macs to
- include support for multiple threads, improved FRED text handling and
- display with WorldScript support, and new handy programming tools. Though
- this will not be a PowerPC native release, it will be a major step in that
- direction, with a considerable reduction of 680x0-specific code. More
- importantly for MCL users, version 3.0 will provide functionality to assure
- a smooth transition to future versions of the Mac OS with a high degree of
- cross-platform source code compatibility.
-
- Specific new features will be announced as they are committed to.
-
- Also planned for the first half of 1995 is a student edition of MCL with a
- target price of under $100. Nominations for an introductory Lisp book to
- accompany the student edition are welcome.
-
- The price of MCL 3.0 for 680x0 Macs will be $595 per license. A 20%
- discount will be introduced for education. No price is announced for MCL
- for the PowerPC.
-
- The upgrade to version 3.0 will be:
- $135.00 for customers who purchased MCL 2.0.1 prior to November 1, 1994.
- $75.00 for customers who purchased MCL 2.0.1 as of November 1, 1994.
-
- Sincerely,
-
- Hazem Sayed
- President
-
- Digitool, Inc.
-
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