Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!iuvax!valnet!joseph From: joseph@valnet.UUCP (Joseph P. Hillenburg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: How amiga developers can serve me better Message-ID: Date: 3 Oct 90 22:04:12 GMT References: Organization: Valley BBS Network Lines: 38 mwm@raven.pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer) writes: > 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. > > -- > Tell me how d'you get to be Mike Meyer > As beautiful as that? mwm@relay.pa.dec.com > How did you get your mind decwrl!mwm > To tilt like your hat? I don't know, but I saw a scheme program on abcfd20 (can remember where though) -Joseph Hillenburg UUCP: ...iuvax!valnet!joseph ARPA: valnet!joseph@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu INET: joseph@valnet.UUCP