Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!nih-csl!lhc!mimsy!dftsrv!ukma!rex!wuarchive!emory!gatech!mcnc!uvaarpa!haven!umd5!umd5.umd.edu!anderson From: anderson@sapir.cog.jhu.edu (Stephen R. Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Lisp on NeXT? Message-ID: Date: 24 Oct 90 11:40:56 GMT Sender: news@umd5.umd.edu Distribution: comp Organization: Dept. of Cognitive Science, The Johns Hopkins University Lines: 27 I've only seen the last couple of weeks postings in this group, so please excuse me if this has been asked and answered before. I did see one similar question, though, and no answer. In the new release of the NeXT software (2.0), they've dropped Allegro Common Lisp. I'm sorry to see that, since lisp is one of the most important things to me about the machine. Was ACL dropped because nobody uses the NeXT for lisp programming? And if not, why not? How much memory/swap/etc. do you have to have to make ACL usable on the NeXT? Are there any alternative lisp systems on the market? I understand Franz is planning to sell their new version with CLOS support, etc., for NeXT: has anyone seen it yet? And for a more extensive environment, has Franz's Composer been available for this platform? On the subject of memory, someone else asked how the color machine can come with 12 Mbytes, given that it apparently has eight SIMM slots in two banks of four. Has NeXT somehow found 2 Mbyte SIMMs (like the ones Apple has in mind for their new machines) to put in one bank? Or 1.5 Mbyte ones for all eight slots??? Steve Anderson Dept. of Cognitive Science The Johns Hopkins University