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From: hart@cp1.BELL-ATL.COM (Rod Hart)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: lisp to c translators: summary
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Date: Tue, 22-Sep-87 23:16:11 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 22 23:16:11 1987
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Star Sapphire Common Lisp does'nt work. Beware! I have version 1.0
which looks like a beta version that cost me more than $400. The one
individual I spoke to at Sapien was VERY nice, but the only help he
offered was advice to wait until the next release. The problems I
have are stack overflows on just about anything other thanks a few
line of code (examples) I lifted from textbooks. It gets about 3/4
through the boyer benchmark suite before rolling over dead. Their
idea is great but they have some real work to do. The manual is just
about the worst I have seen for a package that costs anything. Some
shareware documentation is far superior. I did receive a copy of Guy
Steele's book "Common Lisp" with the package. My advise is to locate
a satisfied user before you put your money down. I am in limbo
waiting for something that I can use. 
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Signed by: Rod Hart (WA3MEZ)
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