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From: yee@cgl.ucsf.edu (dave yee)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Franz/Common ?(Questions)
Message-ID: <10400@cgl.ucsf.EDU>
Date: Mon, 14-Sep-87 02:10:40 EDT
Article-I.D.: cgl.10400
Posted: Mon Sep 14 02:10:40 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 15-Sep-87 04:13:02 EDT
Organization: UCSF Computer Graphics Lab
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Keywords: none that i am conscious of...


I have a few questions for you Lisp-people.  Our group
has been using Lisp to develop algorithms addressing
the protein stability/folding problem. (not that this has
anything to do with the questions I am about to ask...)
Now all of our programs have been written in Franz Lisp,
running on an 11/750.  We have now switched to Sun 3/50 
workstations and a 3/280 and have beeen getting a little 
encouragement to convert to Sun Common Lisp..
 
So, upon this background, I now pose the follwing questions...

(1) Does anyone have a opinions concerning Common vs Franz in
    terms of flexibility, speed, general usefulness, or
    intangibles?  I ask this because we are going to need 
    some activation energy to covert our programs from
    Franz to Common...

(2) Is there, or has any heard of, a Franz to Common Lisp
    translation program?  (I had to try...)

(3) I would also
    be very interested in information regarding 
    Lisp to C  translaters.

I suppose it would be best to E-mail any responses.  I 
thank any of you who can give me some information....

Thanks!

-- 
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