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From: mark@cambridge.apple.com (Mark Preece)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: Lisp on Mac
Message-ID: <1156@ministry.cambridge.apple.com>
Date: 27 Mar 91 17:58:29 GMT
References: <2555@n-kulcs.cs.kuleuven.ac.be>
Reply-To: mark@cambridge.apple.com (Mark Preece)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cambridge, MA
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In article <2555@n-kulcs.cs.kuleuven.ac.be> siegeert@kim.cs.kuleuven.ac.be (Geert Adriaens) writes:
>Hello,
>
>Does anyone know what Lisps exist for the Macintosh NOW? There used
>to be Allegro, but it is no longer offered on the Mac platform. I heard
>about Coral, but I don't know where they are. Any other suppliers??
>
>Thanks.
>-- 
>Geert Adriaens (SIEMENS-METAL Project & University of Leuven)        
>Maria Theresiastraat 21              siegeert@kulcs.uucp or
>B-3000 Leuven                        siegeert@blekul60.bitnet or
>tel: ..32 16 285091  285098(fax)     siegeert@cs.kuleuven.ac.be

Actually, the products you named all refer to different versions of the same
Lisp. 

To make a long story short:

1. A company called Coral produced Lisps variously called
   "Pearl Lisp", "Coral Common Lisp", and "Allegro Common Lisp for the Mac".

2. Apple bought Coral and the product became "Macintosh Allegro Common Lisp".
   The current version of this product (MACL 1.3.2) is still available 
   from APDA.

3. To avoid confusion (believe it or not), the new version of MACL has been
   renamed "Macintosh Common Lisp 2.0" (MCL 2.0). This product has just been
   released in a Beta version, also available from APDA.

Here's APDA's address:

	APDA
	Apple Computer
	20525 Mariani Avenue, M/S 33G
	Cupertino, CA 95014-6299
	USA.