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From: dvorak@im4u.UUCP (Dan Dvorak)
Newsgroups: comp.unix
Subject: Execution environment of Lisp machines
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Date: Tue, 13-Oct-87 19:55:33 EDT
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Summary: Want comparison with UNIX execution environment.

Has anyone out there written a comparison of the execution environment
of a Lisp machine (typified by Symbolics) to that of, say, a UNIX system?
I understand the UNIX model fairly well and am learning Symbolics
Genera 7, but there are some fundamental differences with UNIX, such as:
-- all processes on a Lisp machine run in the SAME virtual address space;
-- the flavors/objects style of programming (versus multiple processes).

Is there a paper or notes that list all the main differences?
That would help me to more quickly form the correct mental model.
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Dan Dvorak          UUCP:  {harvard,ihnp4}!ut-sally!dvorak
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