Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!decwrl!bacchus.pa.dec.com!granite.pa.dec.com!mwm From: mwm@raven.pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: How amiga developers can serve me better Message-ID: Date: 2 Oct 90 17:56:58 GMT References: <1397@winnie.fit.edu> <985@iceman.jcu.oz> Sender: news@wrl.dec.com (News) Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica Lines: 26 In-Reply-To: cpca@iceman.jcu.oz's message of 28 Sep 90 02:18:17 GMT In article <985@iceman.jcu.oz> cpca@iceman.jcu.oz (C Adams) writes: A lot of people have been complaining about the lack of software for the Amiga. What EXACTLY is needed? Fair enough... Besides spreadsheets and mathematica what other packages do people on the net feel the Amiga needs and what features should they have? How about a complete modern LISP system based on Common LISP or Scheme? Complete means it has a compiler that can generate stand-alone programs, intuitionized graphical debugging package, and OOP extensions. Now, make it useful on the Amiga by adding the ability to access arbitrary libraries, and a clean interface to intuition & the graphics library. Given that, the A3000 would make a killer low-end lisp workstation. Such packages are marketed for the Mac, and there are people other than me who'd be willing to shell out real bucks for it.