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From: manis@cs.ubc.ca (Vincent Manis)
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Subject: Re: Rumors aren't rumors anymore
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Date: 9 Sep 90 15:28:32 GMT
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I think it's too bad that Allegro CL isn't, apparently, going to be
bundled with the system (as with many rumours, I'll believe it when I
hear someone from NeXT confirm it officially). Allegro CL is an
excellent product, but at least, we assume, Franz will continue
supporting it. 

However, if you're going to have to pay money for a Lisp system, you
might want to look at Chez Scheme instead (Scheme is *not* CL). The
system comes with a really good compiler; a debugger is in the works,
but not ready just yet. It runs fine with Emacs (though we're building
our own editor which will support Chez Scheme in a NeXTier way). And
it's *small*. 

Chez Scheme is published by Cadence Research Systems, in Bloomington,
IN. The cost is ~US$900 per machine, with a site licence (an entire
physical campus) running at US$9000. Educational institutions get a 50%
discount. Cadence provides excellent support (15% of pre-discount price
per year), too.

Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with Cadence, other than as a
customer. 
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