From: Griff
Subject: Lisp for Windows?
Date: 
Message-ID: <1160233452.376958.253470@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>
What is the best Lisp environment to run if I mostly plan to run on
Windows, interact with COM or .NET, would like to build re-deployable
executables, and would like a decent IDE?

From: Bill Atkins
Subject: Re: Lisp for Windows?
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"Griff" <·······@acm.org> writes:

> What is the best Lisp environment to run if I mostly plan to run on
> Windows, interact with COM or .NET, would like to build re-deployable
> executables, and would like a decent IDE?

LispWorks
From: ············@tafelberg.co.uk
Subject: Re: Lisp for Windows?
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Message-ID: <1160302832.560915.88800@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>
Bill Atkins wrote:
> "Griff" <·······@acm.org> writes:
>
> > What is the best Lisp environment to run if I mostly plan to run on
> > Windows, interact with COM or .NET, would like to build re-deployable
> > executables, and would like a decent IDE?
>
> LispWorks

Yes I would agree - LISP isn't that well supported in Windows via the
FREE compilers such as SBCL, however you could load up UBUNTU
(www.ubuntu.com) for free and run a UNIX version.

We in fact used to be a windows software house but we have completely
dumped windows etc as we are now only working on LISP projects.

Also try http://www.gigamonkeys.com/lispbox there are some free set ups
there but they are quite old and lots of stuff won't work on it.

Paul
Hyperstring.net
From: Jack Unrue
Subject: Re: Lisp for Windows?
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Message-ID: <r1jfi292sop6vkgsovfanejn0orru3anuk@4ax.com>
On 7 Oct 2006 08:04:12 -0700, "Griff" <·······@acm.org> wrote:

> What is the best Lisp environment to run if I mostly plan to run on
> Windows, interact with COM or .NET, would like to build re-deployable
> executables, and would like a decent IDE?

I recommend looking at the commercial offerings. In no particular
order:

www.cormanlisp.com
www.franz.com
www.lispworks.com

They all have eval versions. The 2nd and 3rd choices are available
on other platforms as well.

-- 
Jack Unrue
From: ··········@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Lisp for Windows?
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Message-ID: <1160302857.351511.44800@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>
I downloaded the personal edition of LispWorks.  Works fine.  In
particular, I like the Foreign Language Interface (FLI), which helps
you call WIN32 APIs !

On Oct 7, 8:04 am, "Griff" <·······@acm.org> wrote:
> What is the best Lisp environment to run if I mostly plan to run on
> Windows, interact with COM or .NET, would like to build re-deployable
> executables, and would like a decent IDE?
From: Lisper
Subject: Re: Lisp for Windows?
Date: 
Message-ID: <1160318609.770307.220100@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
··········@gmail.com wrote:
> I downloaded the personal edition of LispWorks.  Works fine.  In
> particular, I like the Foreign Language Interface (FLI), which helps
> you call WIN32 APIs !

Lispworks, Corman Lisp, Allegro Common Lisp, ... - they all have
foreign language interface to call any functions from DLLs. COM support
is also typical for these implementations (LW and ACL have better
IDispatch support). They can build EXE modules. They have IDEs from
box, but it is possible just to use Emacs instead. Lispworks has nice
built-in Emacs-like editor.

Corman Lisp is good (it has small footprint for EXEs with full CL,
which can build EXEs in next turn), but Lispworks is much better in
many ways. I'd take Lispworks as optimal tool.

Regards
Lisper