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From: n138ct@tamuts.tamu.edu (Brent Burton)
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Subject: Re: XLisp? Just how good is it?
Summary: it's good.
Keywords: xlisp for macs...
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Eric asks about XLisp on the macintoshes..

I've used XLisp (1.8 or 2.0 - I don't remember) since last summer.  It was
very simple coding.

However, this spring I used it extensively for my AI class.  It proved to
work quite well, and all Common Lisp I used worked without modification.
For the uses, most were straight textbook examples, but other code consisted
of typical homework problems.
The methods coded were: pattern matching, ISA/HAS relationships, production
systems, and possibly a few others.

Anyway, I found XLisp to be quite competent for my uses.  My professor told
me how bad or rather, how limited, XLisp was, but it worked out fine.

I did not use any of XLisp's objects or other extended features.


Brent Burton
  n138ct@tamuts.tamu.edu