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Subject: Re: Common Lisp for Amiga? Slip?
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Date: Fri, 16-Jan-87 17:39:45 EST
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In article <949@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu> Rminnich@UDEL.EDU (Ron Minnich) writes:
>Anybody know of a GOOD (e.g. NOT metacomco) Common Lisp
>for the amiga? I would appreciate any first-hand experiences. 

While I was at the AAAI show in PA last Aug.  I talked with a M. Roy
Broughton  Vice Pres. of Marketing at Act Informatique.  They have a 
product called Le_LISP that they where showing for the IBM-PC and MAC;
and apparently the Amiga.  Their very colorful brochure mentioned the
Amiga in a foot note but not in the main body.  It looked like a nice
product, was close to Common LISP compatable, and getting closer with
each new release.   Some features from the brochure:
* Large subset of Common LISP, Implemented on a virtual machine, 
* Le_lisp on MAC is faster then Franz on a Vax/780 (that does not say much :-)
* 15,000 functionsl including, real numbers strings, vectors, macros...
* Environment includes - Full screen editor (emacs like), pretty printer,
  full debugger and trace.....
And much much more....

I tried to get in touch with the Company once through an answering machine
in CA but with no success.  I will give the information here, perhapse 
if a few others inquire the  Company will look at the US-Amiga market in
a more agressive manner.


USA: Act Informatique c/o 3122 A ETON Avenue
     BERKELEY, CA 94705 - Tel: (415)654-3902
FRANCE: Act Informatique
	12, rue de la Montagne-Ste-Genevieve
         75005 Paris - Tel:(1)46.33.72.60
UK:	Logotron LTD - Dales Brewry, Gwydr St
	Cambridge CB1 2LJ - Tel:(223)323 656
-- 
Rich Miner   ...!wanginst!ulowell!miner
Ulowell, Center for Productivity Enhancement        (617) 452-5000 x2693
HAL hears the Amiga9000 series is not selling. "Please explain Dave. Why 
aren't Amiga9000's selling?" Bowman hesitates, "You aren't IBM compatible."