[net.micro.6809] XLISP experiences

emjej@uokvax.UUCP (10/18/84)

Re XLISP: I grabbed the first version posted to net.sources, and compiled
it. It all worked (didn't try the stuff that called "kbin()" (apologies
for that CP/Mism (4-letter word, at that!)), but it wouldn't be hard to
write--turn off echo, grab a character, turn it back on).

It compiled right up on OS-9 Level II under Microware C, and ran like a
charm. Sure enough, I gave it a -m option too big to run under level I.
I don't have a machine with Level I to try it out on, and am not familiar
enough with the sizes of XLISP internals to say how much would fit in a
version that would run under Level I, but I'm pretty sure that you could
get something to run under Level I.

In any case, and perhaps making this note worthwhile: while at Des Moines
for the OS-9 conference, I gave what I had to the OS-9 Users Group. You
should be able to get it from them.

(A friend is hacking on the more recent XLISP posting, trying to make it
Common LISP compatible and such. It will wind up in the C Users Group,
and I'll be sure to try to compile it for OS-9 (either 6809 Level Two
or 68000 Level One, depending on the hardware situation). More news as
it happens.)

						James Jones