Re: X-windows, CLX interface for MCL?

[burke@ils.nwu.edu (Robin Burke)]

In article <9201260356.AA04264@brazil.cambridge.apple.com>, cerys@BBN.COM (Dan Cerys) writes:
> 
>    From: Mick O'Donnell <mick@isi.edu>
>    Date: 25 Jan 92 04:43:55 GMT
> 
>    Anyone know of a CLX (Common lisp X-windows standard) interface for
>    MCL. We want similar commands for our Sun Common Lisp and MAC lisp
>    code.
> 
> Mick,
> 
> Do you really want to run using X windows on the Mac (esp for local
> applications)?  You probably wouldn't be happy with it's performance.
> ....I'd encourage you to take
> a look at CLIM, since it has commercial implementations available on both
> Lucid and MCL.  CLIM uses whatever window system(s) that may be available:
> X on Lucid, and QuickDraw (and potentially X) on the Mac.
> 

Beware. All CLIM implementations for the Sun are slow as molasses.
(At least, the ones that I ever heard of.)

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