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From: Fahlman@C.CS.CMU.EDU ("Scott E. Fahlman")
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Subject: common lisp X interface
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    This would appear to require that CL implementations in  unix environments
    be provided with a very low level (C based?) protocol interface upon
    which to build.
    Does anyone know what vendors like DEC, HP, and Sun are planning?

The Common Lisp language spec (current or proposed) does not require any
sort of call-out mechansism, but all of the vendors you name have some
sort of call-out from Common Lisp to C.  I'm not sure whether all of
them are general enough to support everything in the Xlib interface in a
convenient way, however.

-- Scott