Questions about getting started

[tsl1@cornell.edu (Timothy Larkin)]

I am starting out on a project to convert a large program written in
Symbolics Common Lisp using Flavors under Genera to run on Mac Common Lisp
with CLOS and CLIM. I have a few questions.

1. Is MCL with CLOS and CLIM sufficiently compliant with the standards that
the sources will work without problem on other CL/CLOS/CLIM platforms, such
as DOS or UNIX?

2. Is there a version of LOOP available with MCL? (By LOOP I refer to the
full-blow system of macros that Symbolics supports.) I seem to remember
that a standard LOOP was developing around CL.

3. I'm planning to acquire some new hardware for this project, and lean
towards the Power Mac. Is this a dangerous idea? How much RAM will I really
need? (APDA says 4MB. Is this a joke?)

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Timothy Larkin
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