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From: net@tub.UUCP (Oliver Laumann)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.lisp.x
Subject: Re: exploratory system for unix system calls/facilities
Keywords: interactive exploration
Message-ID: <970@tub.UUCP>
Date: 13 Oct 89 10:50:49 GMT
References: <1753@xyzzy.UUCP>
Reply-To: net@tub.UUCP (Oliver Laumann)
Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany
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In article <1753@xyzzy.UUCP> kan@tom.dg.com () writes:
> 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.

You may want to have a look at the recently posted Elk Extension Language
Kit.  The distribution contains interfaces to the X11R3 Xlib, the Athena
and HP widgets, and to a couple of UNIX system calls and functions of the
C library.  The latter interface can be easily extended to cover most
system calls and C library functions.

Thus Elk enables you to interactively write and test Scheme code that makes
use of the above mentioned functionality.  Is this what you were looking for?

By the way, I have just completed an Elk interface to the OSF/Motif
widget set.  If someone is interested in a copy, drop me a letter.

Regards,
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Oliver Laumann              net@TUB.BITNET              net@tub.UUCP