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Subject: Re:  LISP IN AZTEC C
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Date: Mon, 2-Jul-84 07:16:03 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul  2 07:16:03 1984
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From:      "Ferd Brundick (VLD/LTTB)" <fsbrn@BRL-VOC.ARPA>

Hi,

I downloaded XLISP.COM from simtel20 to my Z80 micro and it works fine.
(This file is Z80 object code.)  I then transferred the source files
(yes, they are written in Aztec C) and compiled them on a VAX running
4.2 BSD.  I only had to make two minor function changes (a plug for Aztec C).
XLISP is a nice system for learning LISP and object-oriented programming,
but it is NOT LISP.  The author says so himself in the manual.  It is a
hodge-podge of C and LISP, much to the detriment of the LISP side.  For
instance, there is no way (that I have been able to find) to convert strings
into atoms and vice versa.

I would recommend trying XLISP, but with reservations.  It is a nice,
Public Domain LISPish language that will help you learn the fundamentals
of LISP, but it cannot compare with a true LISP implementation.  (I don't
mean to sound totally negative, and XLISP has some nice extensions that
I wish Franz Lisp had.)

                                        dsw, fferd
                                        Fred S. Brundick
                                        USABRL, APG, MD.
                                        <fsbrn@brl-voc>