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From: jeff@aiai.uucp (Jeff Dalton)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: LeLisp vs Common Lisp
Keywords: LeLisp, CommonLisp
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Date: 24 Jul 89 14:21:48 GMT
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In article <1166@sequent.cs.qmc.ac.uk> @Sun.Com:FlashsMom@cup.Portal.com,@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk:flash@cs.qmc.ac.uk writes:
>Le Lisp is a small, old Lisp, which I've seen only on a Macintosh.  There's
>no point in detailing the differences between it and Common Lisp; there's no
>similarity beyond their both being Lisps.

I don't think this is quite fair to Le Lisp.  Le Lisp *is* a small Lisp
compared to Common Lisp; it's more along the lines of MacLisp or Franz.
However, it has a good implementation and runs on a wide range of machines.
There is an active user community in France, and a smaller one elsewhere.