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From: pmy@vivaldi.acc.virginia.edu (Pete Yadlowsky)
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Subject: Re: McCauley Software's Common LISP
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Date: 19 Dec 88 15:31:31 GMT
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In article <8812171629.AA04383@decwrl.dec.com> art@teach.dec.com (Think the UNTHINKABLE) writes:

	[ stuff about lousy lisp interpreter ]

>	All in all, I think this is a pretty useless piece of software;
	[...]
>	On the other hand, XLISP is available in public domain and it DOES 
>	have many of the features of a real LISP implementation.
>	So, fellow LISPers, our favorite computer is still without any kind
>	of decent LISP software.

Maybe I don't know what a "decent" Lisp environment is, as I haven't
been exposed to very many of them. KCL is the biggest I've used.
However, I think XLisp is kinda nice, especially considering it's PD.
I've been in contact with its author, Dave Betz, and expressed my
interest in fitting XLisp with hooks to Amiga .libraries. He's sending
me the source. Stay tuned.

I'm considering using the FD file mechanism. Any alternate or
additional suggestions?

Peter M. Yadlowsky
Academic Computing Center
University of Virginia
pmy@vivaldi.acc.Virginia.EDU