rda@epistemi.ed.ac.uk (Robert Dale) (03/10/88)
I'd like to provide some information, and make a request for more
information. Some weeks ago, someone in one of these newsgroups, or
perhaps both -- I've lost the article, so I don't know which --
requested information on PC Lisps. Here's a list of Common Lisps for
PCs which appeared in the UK magazine _Expert Systems User_ at the end
of 1986 -- okay, so it's old, but it's all I have .. note that all
the prices listed are therefore probably wrong.
ACT Informatique's Lelisp -- a subset of Common Lisp, at 4200 French
Francs.
Gold Hill's Golden Common Lisp, at $1195.
Integral Quality's IQLisp ("a Common Lisp for micros aimed at
educational users" it says), at $300.
Sapiens Software's Star Sapphire Common Lisp at $495.
The article I'm taking this from mentions a number of other PC Lisps, but
these are the only ones that make a claim to being Common Lisp. If
the original poster wants that info, he/she should mail me.
Now, my question: does anyone have experience of using any of these?
Golden Common Lisp and Star Sapphire look like the only two serious
implementations: has anyone actually tried both, or have good or bad
things to say about either? I'm particularly interested from the
point of view of integrating with C on a PC.
Please mail responses to me; I'll summarise and repost if there's
sufficient interest.
Thanks
R
PS -- I'll try to acknowledge all replies I receive, but please be
aware that it can sometimes be incredibly difficult to get mail back
across the pond.
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