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From: massar@Think.COM (JP Massar)
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Subject: Thinking Machines *Lisp Simulator now freely available
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Date: 18 Jul 90 12:59:01 GMT
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Thinking Machines is pleased to announce that the *Lisp Simulator is now
freely available.  The *Lisp Simulator is a simulator for *Lisp, one of the
parallel programming languages used to program the Connection Machine.

The *Lisp Simulator is available via anonymous ftp in the /public directory
of think.com.  The file that can be ftp'ed is a Unix 'shar' file called

   starsim-f17-sharfile

(where f17 may be replaced in the future by a higher release number)

This sharfile provides the necessary sources and systems for the *Lisp
Simulator to run under Symbolics, Lucid, Kyoto, Allegro and Franz Common
Lisps.  Porting the *Lisp Simulator to other Common Lisp's is generally a
simple matter.

Documentation for the *Lisp language is available at cost from Thinking
Machines Corporation.  Contact Thinking Machines' Customer Support 
(csg@think.com) for more information about obtaining documentation.

People wishing to distribute the *Lisp Simulator should distribute it using
this sharfile and not from the sources provides on-site at Connection
Machine customer installations, since these sources do not provide all the
documentation, instructions and auxiliary files useful in installing the
*Lisp Simulator at a non Connection Machine site.

Thinking Machines will continue to provide support for the *Lisp Simulator
for Thinking Machine's Connection Machine customers.  Thinking Machines is
under no obligation to provide support for other users of the *Lisp
Simulator, either in porting or using it.



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