From: Imran
Subject: LISP vs Common LISP
Date: 
Message-ID: <33A022CF.41C67EA6@ic.ac.uk>
What are the main differnces between LISP and Common LISP?


Please mail responses
From: Fred Haineux
Subject: Re: LISP vs Common LISP
Date: 
Message-ID: <bc-1606971231310001@17.127.10.183>
In article <·················@ic.ac.uk>, Imran <·········@ic.ac.uk> wrote:
|  What are the main differnces between LISP and Common LISP?
|  Please mail responses

There are many many programming languages that are all called "Lisp." The
commands they use vary widely and are often incompatible.

Common Lisp is a single language which contains all of the commands of all
the other lisps, and therefore is compatible (grin).

bc
From: Luca Pisati
Subject: Re: LISP vs Common LISP
Date: 
Message-ID: <33A753C0.4487@nichimen.com>
Fred Haineux wrote:
> 
> In article <·················@ic.ac.uk>, Imran <·········@ic.ac.uk> wrote:
> |  What are the main differnces between LISP and Common LISP?
> |  Please mail responses
> 
> There are many many programming languages that are all called "Lisp." The
> commands they use vary widely and are often incompatible.
> 
> Common Lisp is a single language which contains all of the commands of all
> the other lisps, and therefore is compatible (grin).

Common Lisp is one of the many dialects of Lisp which evolved in time
and finally became an ANSI language.  It is not the union of all Lisp
dialects.

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From: Fred Haineux
Subject: Re: LISP vs Common LISP
Date: 
Message-ID: <bc-1806971252290001@17.127.19.1>
In article <·············@nichimen.com>, Luca Pisati <······@nichimen.com>
wrote:

|  Fred Haineux wrote:
|  > 
|  > In article <·················@ic.ac.uk>, Imran <·········@ic.ac.uk> wrote:
|  > |  What are the main differnces between LISP and Common LISP?
|  > |  Please mail responses
|  > 
|  > There are many many programming languages that are all called "Lisp." The
|  > commands they use vary widely and are often incompatible.
|  > 
|  > Common Lisp is a single language which contains all of the commands of all
|  > the other lisps, and therefore is compatible (grin).
|  
|  Common Lisp is one of the many dialects of Lisp which evolved in time
|  and finally became an ANSI language.  It is not the union of all Lisp
|  dialects.


Well, it was intended as a joke.

bc
From: Rainer Joswig
Subject: Re: LISP vs Common LISP
Date: 
Message-ID: <joswig-ya023180002006970136070001@news.lavielle.com>
In article <···················@17.127.19.1>, ··@wetware.com (Fred Haineux)
wrote:

> In article <·············@nichimen.com>, Luca Pisati <······@nichimen.com>
> wrote:
> 
> |  Fred Haineux wrote:
> |  > 
> |  > In article <·················@ic.ac.uk>, Imran <·········@ic.ac.uk>
wrote:
> |  > |  What are the main differnces between LISP and Common LISP?
> |  > |  Please mail responses
> |  > 
> |  > There are many many programming languages that are all called "Lisp." The
> |  > commands they use vary widely and are often incompatible.
> |  > 
> |  > Common Lisp is a single language which contains all of the commands
of all
> |  > the other lisps, and therefore is compatible (grin).
> |  
> |  Common Lisp is one of the many dialects of Lisp which evolved in time
> |  and finally became an ANSI language.  It is not the union of all Lisp
> |  dialects.
> 
> 
> Well, it was intended as a joke.

Just look at ZetaLisp. Or Symbolics Common Lisp. ;-)

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