input on different lisps

[Gripe@VEGA.FAC.CS.CMU.EDU]

We've received the following question (below) and I was wondering
what your description of the variouslisps would be.  I referred him
to the "man lisps" entry on-line, which may be a little out of date.

Any comments would be greatly appreciated.  (especially about possible symbolic
link changes).  Thanks.


				Gail Newton
				SCS User Services
				Carnegie Mellon University

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From: James.A.Landay@GS45.SP.CS.CMU.EDU
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Subject: Re: ALPHA RT version of CMU Common Lisp

Gail,

What is the difference between the "lisp" collection and the "cmucl"
collection?  Should /usr/misc/bin/lisp be changed to link to cmucl?


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	James,
	
	It looks like /usr/misc/.cmucl/bin/lisp on your machine is the same as the
	alpha version in AFS.  Note that you need to supply the complete path
	to run this since /usr/misc/bin/lisp is linked to the "lisp" collection
	rather than the "cmucl" collection, thus modmisc did the right thing,
	but you may have been accessing the wrong binaries.
	
	If you still have trouble, please let us know.  Thanks.
	
					Gail Newton
					SCS User Services
					Carnegie Mellon University
	
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	Subject: ALPHA RT version of CMU Common Lisp
	
	
	I am having a problem using modmisc to get the current alpha version
	of CMU Common Lisp.  I used modmisc to remove what I had and reinstalled
	it with the alpha version (which I had...)  When I run lisp I am
	still getting the 1990 version.  There is a much newer version, which
	I can only run if I do:
	
		/usr/misc/.cmucl/bin/lisp
	
	Thanks,
	
	James

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