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From: db@racine.ACA.MCC.COM (Dave Bridgeland)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: SPE:  Info Request
Message-ID: <58@racine.ACA.MCC.COM>
Date: 27 Oct 88 14:54:10 GMT
Reply-To: db@racine.aca.mcc.com.UUCP (Dave Bridgeland)
Organization: MCC  Austin, Texas
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I understand Sun's Symbolic Programming Environment (henceforth SPE) is out,
at least in betatest.  Does anyone have experience with it?  In particular,

   1. How robust is it?

   2. How does it compare with lisp machine development environments?
      (Details please.)  Does it have a display debugger?  An inspector?

   3. Is it compatible with gnuemacs?

   4. Which lisps can it use?  (Is the interface to the lisp published?
      What requirements does it put on the lisp implementation underneath
      it?)

   5. Does it run on X, or just suntools?

On a related note, do any of the lisps available for the sun 4 take advantage
of the SPARC chip to do runtime type checking?  

Dave.

I think we should start a protocol in comp.lang.lisp:  If you are looking for
information about a topic, please include the word "Request" in your subject
line.  Thus readers can tell the difference between 

  Subject: "Request for info on CLOS Standard"

someone looking for information on the CLOS standard -- and

  Subject: "CLOS"

someone with news about the CLOS standard.