Does anyone know of a decent lisp implementation that runs in Windows?
Can CLISP be made to work well, running in the DOS box and using a
standard editor, so that one can pass text to CLISP to be interpreted?
How does one get a good lisp programming environment on an intel-based
machine? (The minimum requirement is that one can interpret pieces of
code highlighted in an editor, as in MCL and Powerlisp).
I'd appreciate any comments...e-mailed or posted. Thanks...
Devin (·······@tucson.princeton.edu)
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Devin Hosea <·······@tucson.princeton.edu> writes:
> Does anyone know of a decent lisp implementation that runs in Windows?
Allegro CL/PC appears to be a fine Lisp for MS Windows. It currently
costs $995.
> Can CLISP be made to work well, running in the DOS box and using a
> standard editor, so that one can pass text to CLISP to be interpreted?
CLISP can be made to run in a DOS virtual machine under Windows,
tho not without some extra software. The CLISP docs explain how to
do that.
I can only suggest that you edit the source code in your chosen
editor, and then switch back to CLISP, and tell it to load the
source file. It's not as bad as it sounds, but it's not ideal.
You can also use the internal CLISP editor, if you don't mind the
slow speed. I find it painfully slow, but it works.
> How does one get a good lisp programming environment on an intel-based
> machine? (The minimum requirement is that one can interpret pieces of
> code highlighted in an editor, as in MCL and Powerlisp).
There are a number complete Lisp systems for Windows. Gold Hill
have a system for $2000 (last time I checked), and there's Allegro
CL/PC (see above). I've not read about Entity Common Lisp for a
few years, so I don't know about that, but it was just under $1000
at the time, and also looked very tasty.
Martin Rodgers
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