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From: sims@stsci.EDU (Jim Sims)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: Is LISP viable on the Mac?
Summary: YES!
Keywords: LISP Macintosh development
Message-ID: <568@stsci.edu>
Date: 26 May 89 14:30:14 GMT
References: <1989May22.195611.756@mntgfx.mentor.com>
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Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD 21218
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In article <1989May22.195611.756@mntgfx.mentor.com>, chrisr@mntgfx.mentor.com (Chris Rosebrugh) writes:
> is there a viable LISP development system on the Mac that one can use
> to create an application which isn't gigantic and slow? this isn't cynical,


We have just re-implemented the HST scheduling system front-end expert system
TRANSFORMATION in LISP using ACL on the MAC. It is about 3 megabytes of code,
plus the PCL code from XEROX PARC (THANKS guys!!!!).
 It runs FASTER on my mac IIx than on the 8650 (light load). Zat good enuff?

The environment is pretty decent (but not a LISPM)..

Watch out for arithmetic on the IIx, though. (LOG 0.0), (MOD n 0) and other
such crash LISP COMPLETELY. like, gone.... the (mod n 0) corrupts system
SO BAD that you have to re-boot to recover, usually.

Even with all this, I like it....


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