CHU@KL.SRI.COM (Wei-Han Chu) (03/05/88)
I recently obtained a copy of CommonLoops from Goldhill Computer. Unfortunately they dont have any documentation on how to use it. Does anyone has any information on any documentation on CommonLoops. Goldhill said they obtain this from Xerox PARC, however, I was not able to get a response from the CommonLoops coordinator at PARC. -------
sidney%acorn@LIVE-OAK.LCS.MIT.EDU (03/06/88)
I thought that this reply to Wei-Han Chu's request for information would be of more general interest: Portable CommonLoops (PCL) is available for free from Xerox PARC. Even though Gold Hill includes a copy with our GCLisp 3.0, that is for the convenience of our customers who would like a copy, and we do not make any attempt to support it. PCL is evolving rapidly towards the emerging CLOS standard, with new releases appearing frequently. It is currently available for at least 9 Lisp implementations that I know of. The most current source and documentation is available via anonymous ftp from parcvax.xerox.com. The file /pub/pcl/get-pcl.text contains more information. Requests for information about the CommonLoops mailing list can be sent to commonloops-request@xerox.com. Disclaimer: While I work for Gold Hill, this message is my own personal reply to a request for information and is not the official word from either Gold Hill Computers or anybody at Xerox PARC. Sidney Markowitz <sidney%acorn@oak.lcs.mit.edu>
trumble@NPRDC.ARPA (Andy Trumble) (04/19/88)
I would like to hear people's experiences in porting software developed in Flavors to CommonLoops. I am wondering if there are are any automatic translators and if there are any major drawbacks or advantages to using CommonLoops in comparison to Flavors. All help is greatly appreciated, Andy Trumble Trumble@NPRDC