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Subject: Lisps on 68000's
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Date: Fri, 19-Aug-83 10:52:11 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 19 10:52:11 1983
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Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill
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A while ago I posted a query about Lisps on 68000's.  I got essentially zero
replies, so let me post what I know and see whether anyone can add to it.

First, Franz Lisp is being ported from the VAX to 68000's.  However, the
ratio of random rumors to solid facts concerning this undertaking seems the
greatest since the imminent availability of NIL.  Moreover, I don't really
like Franz; it has too many seams showing (I've had too many programs die
without warning from segmentation errors and the like).

Then there's T.  T sounds good, but the people who are saying it's great are
the same ones trying to sell it to me for several thousand dollars, so I'd
like to get some more disinterested opinions first.  The only person I've
talked to said it was awful, but he admits he used an early version.

I have no special knowledge of PSL, particularly of the user environment or
of how useful or standard its dialect looks, nor of the status of its 68000
version.

As for an eventual Common Lisp on a 68000, well, who knows?

There are also numerous toy systems floating around, but none I would
consider for serious work.

Well, that's about everything I know; can any correct me or add to the list?

Cheers,
John ("Don't Wanna Program in C") DeTreville
Bell Labs, Murray Hill