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From: kan@dg-rtp.dg.com (Victor Kan)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.lisp.x
Subject: exploratory system for unix system calls/facilities
Summary: like the XLISP thing described in BYTE for OS/2 exploration
Keywords: interactive exploration
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Date: 10 Oct 89 16:35:23 GMT
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Does anyone know of an interactive environment for playing around with
all those wonderful Unix system calls?

I guess what I'd like is something that will let me try things out without 
having to write/compile/debug C code.  For example, a simple client/server 
using shared memory, semaphores, etc. implemented in a few Lisp expressions 
would run in a couple of terminals (or windows).
Doing this junk in C, needless to say, is a real pain in the butt.

I recall that Byte had a description of XLisp extensions on OS/2 that 
allowed you to use system services interactively.

I'm looking for something like it to run on any major version of Unix,
particularly if it supports IPCs (local and network).

Does Common Lisp on Unix have a package for one type of system service, e.g.
a local-IPC package that gives you all the structures and access functions
for shared memory, semaphores and message queues?


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