[comp.windows.x] CLX origins

ianr@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Ian Rogers) (10/30/90)

Can anybody tell me the evolution history of CLX. A particular
question my supervisor asked me (which I couldn't answer) is: was it
designed as a porting path from the graphics on the Symbolics Lisp
machines (ala SunView -> XView).

Thanks,

Ian Rogers
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rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler) (10/31/90)

    was it designed as a porting path from the graphics on the Symbolics Lisp
    machines (ala SunView -> XView).

No.  It was simply designed to be a relatively "natural" native interface for
the X protocol in Common Lisp.