moffet@melpar.UUCP (Dave Moffet) (03/17/90)
I am currently searching for an object oriented alternative to Objective C for the NeXT. We are going to attemp to write an application that will be portable to different machines such Suns, IBMs, Silcon Graphics, etc. Does anyone know a language developed or being developed that will suit this type os situation. Thankyou, David Moffett uunet!melpar!moffet
lgm@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (lawrence.g.mayka) (03/18/90)
[ I have added comp.lang.lisp to the newsgroup list. ] In article <117@melpar.UUCP> moffet@melpar.UUCP (Dave Moffet) writes: >I am currently searching for an object oriented alternative to Objective C for >the NeXT. We are going to attemp to write an application that will be portable >to different machines such Suns, IBMs, Silcon Graphics, etc. Does anyone know a language developed or being developed that will suit this type os situation. I believe that Allegro Common Lisp comes standard on the NeXT machine, presumably including both (Old) Flavors and the new standard Common Lisp Object System (CLOS). Other Common Lisp implementations are no doubt available for the NeXT also - major platforms typically offer several to choose from. You may want to get a software maintenance contract, though, to ensure receiving the performance enhancements most Common Lisp vendors will deliver in the coming months. Lawrence G. Mayka AT&T Bell Laboratories lgm@ihlpf.att.com Standard disclaimer.
jeff@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Jeff Dalton) (03/20/90)
In article <14474@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> lgm@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (lawrence.g.mayka,ihp,) writes: >I believe that Allegro Common Lisp comes standard on the NeXT >machine, presumably including both (Old) Flavors and the new >standard Common Lisp Object System (CLOS). Does "Allegro" mean the Coral one or the Franz Inc. one? I find that whenever I say "Allegro" to refer to one of them some people assume I meant the other one. -- Jeff
gza@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (William R Burdick) (03/20/90)
Dave Moffet, I couldn't mail to you, so I'm posting this: I'm writing a portable Smalltalk-compatable language right now. It's a semester project, so I can promise it'll be done before the semester, but no earlier than that. This language is dependant on the GNU C-compiler (GCC), because it uses some of its extensions to ANSI C, but eventually, I'll remove those dependencies. It'll also be free. If you want more info on it, mail to me... -- Bill Burdick burdick@carame.ecn.purdue.edu -- -- Bill Burdick burdick@cello.ecn.purdue.edu
noren@dinl.uucp (Charles Noren) (03/20/90)
In article <117@melpar.UUCP> moffet@melpar.UUCP (Dave Moffet) writes: >I am currently searching for an object oriented alternative to Objective C for >the NeXT. We are going to attemp to write an application that will be portable >to different machines such Suns, IBMs, Silcon Graphics, etc. >Does anyone know a language developed or being developed that will suit >this type os situation. Don't forget that Objective C is available for many machines (Suns, IBMs, etc), and that it has some common class libraries across these machines (which includes graphics support). You can contact Stepstone for a list of machines at (203)426-1875. -- Chuck Noren NET: ncar!dinl!noren US-MAIL: Martin Marietta I&CS, MS XL8058, P.O. Box 1260, Denver, CO 80201-1260 Phone: (303) 971-7930
raymond@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov (Eric A. Raymond) (03/20/90)
jeff@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Jeff Dalton) writes: >Does "Allegro" mean the Coral one or the Franz Inc. one? Coral (now Apple) Allegro runs only under MacOS. Franz Allegro runs on UN*X. (This includes A/UX unless you escape to the MacOS backdoor.) Unfortunately the languages are not exactly the same .... -- Eric A. Raymond (raymond@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov) G7 C7 G7 G#7 G7 G+13 C7 GM7 Am7 Bm7 Bd7 Am7 C7 Do13 G7 C7 G7 D+13: Elmore James
lgm@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (lawrence.g.mayka) (03/20/90)
In article <2074@skye.ed.ac.uk> jeff@aiai.UUCP (Jeff Dalton) writes: >In article <14474@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> lgm@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (lawrence.g.mayka,ihp,) writes: >>I believe that Allegro Common Lisp comes standard on the NeXT >>machine, presumably including both (Old) Flavors and the new >>standard Common Lisp Object System (CLOS). > >Does "Allegro" mean the Coral one or the Franz Inc. one? Coral Software only sold Common Lisp for the Macintosh, I believe. In fact, Coral was absorbed by Apple Computer last year. Its product may even have been renamed Apple Common Lisp, I think. Lawrence G. Mayka AT&T Bell Laboratories lgm@ihlpf.att.com Standard disclaimer.