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From: acar@ee.umr.edu
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Subject: Need advice
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Date: 24 Aug 90 22:57:22 GMT
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I need some advice to decide on a common lisp compiler. We narrowed the
choice to two: Lucid Common Lisp and Allegro Common Lisp. The software
will be installed on a DECstation 3100, and our cost will be pretty much
the same for both of these products.

I heard that Lucid CL is a lot larger than Allegro CL, but it is faster.
Is this true? What other advantages (and disadvantages) do each have? Is
the Allegro's development environment Composer useful? Is there a
similar environment for Lucid CL?

I would appreciate it, if some of you (especially those of you who have
tried both) can answer some of these questions?

Please respond to acar@ee.umr.edu.
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