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From: wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: LISP Interpreter ???
Message-ID: <86@obie.UUCP>
Date: 24 Mar 88 20:18:41 GMT
References: <17499@watmath.waterloo.edu> <500@nunki.usc.edu>
Organization: the Well of Souls
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Summary: XLISP good "baby" lisp

In article <500@nunki.usc.edu>, rjung@sal1.usc.edu (Robert Jung) writes:
>   The only PD LISP interpreter I know of is XLISP, which you can get in the
> public domain. Antic offers it in their "ST PD library", and if you order it
> from them, it's $12 (shipping/handling/etc.). If you have a friend who has it,
> maybe you can just get a copy from him/er (is this legal?)

Yah, it's legal, XLISP is *truly* Public Domain, and all of us who
want to learn something about Lisp without spending a lot of money owe
Dave Betz a great thanks.

Rumor has it Dave and others are working on a new version of XLISP for
the ST, Amiga, and Mac, that support each system's environment in
native lisp.  Like windows as objects, and menu events as
catch-and-throw type messages.  I'd really like to see this!

>   Like anything PD, it has no docs and no warranties.

Unlike most PD, you're only half-right.  XLISP has no warranties, of
course, but it comes with a fairly well-written ~60 page user manual
on the disk.  Looks pretty good when enhanced somewhat with your
favorite WP and printed on a laser printer.  :-)

And XLISP *does* come with the sources, in C.  Great for when you want
to fix something that doesn't quite work the way to expect it too, if
you're *REALLY GOOD* at hacking Lisp, C, and interpreters in general.

	Wes Peters
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