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From: lgm@polaris.ih.att.com (Lawrence G. Mayka)
Subject: Re: Lucid (was Re: The fastest CL?
In-Reply-To: rar@birch.csl.sri.com's message of 01 Sep 1994 23:19:08 GMT
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In article <RAR.94Sep1161908@birch.csl.sri.com> rar@birch.csl.sri.com (Bob Riemenschneider) writes:

   In article <345k2c$ae0@panix.com> glp@panix.com (Greg Parkinson) asks:

   > Isn't Lucid's Lisp a lot better than Harlequin?

   Some folks think so.  On the other hand, I expect that, for every pair of
   Lisps L1 and L2, there is a Lisp programmer P such that, for P's purposes,
   L1 is as good as or better than L2.

"Better" is meaningless without explaining one's criteria and
evidence.  Your criteria may differ greatly from others', and the
evidence you've gathered may differ greatly from that others have
collected.  If you're merely expressing hearsay, however, I can only
suggest that you get evaluation copies of the alternatives and try
them yourself.
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        Lawrence G. Mayka
        AT&T Bell Laboratories
        lgm@ieain.att.com

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