michaelm@bcsaic.UUCP (michael b maxwell) (12/18/85)
I'm looking for lisps that are available on pcs running MS-DOS, XENIX, Sys V, or OS-9. The lisps should meet the following criteria: -include a compiler -resemble Franz or Common Lisp in their syntax -be able to access a "reasonable" amount of memory (640k is *not* a reasonable amount!) -have "hooks" to the operating system (like Franz Lisp's *process) In addition, my understanding is that structures like vectors and hunks are much faster to access than lists, since you don't have to follow pointers (assuming the language has been written in a reasonable way!). So my dream lisp should have such data structures, and preferably a defstruct macro to make accessing them easier. I'm aware of Gold Hill Common Lisp (which will have a compiler and large memory capabilities "real soon now"). And I've heard that commercial Franz is available for Sys V, but at a price... Any others? Please mail replies to: -- Mike Maxwell Boeing Artificial Intelligence Center ...uw-beaver!uw-june!bcsaic!michaelm