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From: lgm@polaris.ih.att.com (Lawrence G. Mayka)
Subject: Re: Comparison: Beta - Lisp
In-Reply-To: smcl@sytex.com's message of Wed, 21 Sep 1994 07:04:46 GMT
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In article <NuqZsc1w165w@sytex.com> smcl@sytex.com (Scott McLoughlin) writes:

	   We've got a $49 "Personal Eiffel". Is anyone out there
   working in a "Personal Lisp" or "Personal Scheme" or "Personal
   Dylan" or "Personal ML"????  If not -- Why Not?  Were all the
   venture capitalists "burned" in the 80's AI hyped up binge? Do
   the implementors have a comfy niche with Govt contracts and
   research grants, so why bother?  Are these languages so hard
   to implement (well) that the economics simply won't bear a
   low cost implementation (with CL it's imaginable!) to price
   conscious consumers?  Is the marketing channel blocked by
   MS and Borland and Watcom and a few others, so product just
   can't get out the door?

Harlequin recently announced that Freelisp, reportedly a full Common
Lisp for Windows with a development environment but no compiler (only
an interpreter), would be made available to universities without
charge.
--
        Lawrence G. Mayka
        AT&T Bell Laboratories
        lgm@ieain.att.com

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