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Re: where does mcl fit in?
- To: info-mcl
 
- Subject: Re: where does mcl fit in?
 
- From: folta@cs.umd.edu (Wayne Folta)
 
- Date: 15 Feb 92 01:18:55 GMT
 
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp.mcl
 
- Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
 
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"Common Lisp in the ROMs would be even nicer.
"
"-----
"Bill St. Clair
"bill@cambridge.apple.com
I have wondered for some time why Apple hasn't done this already. I've heard
that Apples ATG uses LISP for most of its research, and the Mac has been a
study in upping the lowest common denominator, so why not? It would have
been especially (insanely?) great if Pink were CLOS-based instead of C++-based.
Don't you Apple guys have any chits to call in with the Quadra developers?
(Or maybe Cambridge could create its own ROMs, with the standard stuff and a
LISP core. I know IIci's have a ROM slot just waiting for such a thing, and I
think there are other machines with such a beast.)
   Wayne
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Wayne Folta          (folta@cs.umd.edu  128.8.128.8)