srt@aerospace.aero.org (Scott "TCB" Turner) (01/02/91)
Archive-name: languages/lisp/akcl/1990-12-28 Archive: rascal.ics.utexas.edu:/pub/AKCL.README [128.83.138.20] Original-posting-by: srt@aerospace.aero.org (Scott "TCB" Turner) Original-subject: Re: Needed: Lisp on NeXT for January AI course Reposted-by: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti) (John Hodges) writes: >Some time back someone mentioned that T had been ported to the NeXT and >I grabbed it off of whatever ftp site they selected. I have not untared >it yet, but suppose that it works. Of course, kcl or akcl would be a >common lisp flavor other than Franz... I don't know off-hand if anyone has brought AKCL up on a NeXT, but if they have I'd recommend it over T. AKCL is an excellent implementation of Common Lisp, very correct and fast. I've programmed the same large system in both T and AKCL, and I much prefer AKCL. There are things I like about T, particularly the object-oriented aspects, but it is just too slow and kludgy compared to AKCL. AKCL (and KCL) are available by anonymous ftp from rascal.ics.utexas.edu. There's a mailing list at kcl@cli.com. -- Scott Turner