Re: compiled open source Windows lisp (was Re: Python becoming less Lisp-like)

2005-03-22 Thread TLOlczyk
On 16 Mar 2005 06:37:45 -0500, Carl Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a virtually completed port of CMUCL to Win32. And, if I was not busy organizing a Lisp conference, it would be publicly available by now. If it's the conference I think, then the deadline for papers was about a week

Re: compiled open source Windows lisp (was Re: Python becoming less Lisp-like)

2005-03-16 Thread Carl Shapiro
Brandon J. Van Every [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Last I looked, 2 years ago?, there were no compiled, open source lisps that ran on Windows. Has this changed? I have a virtually completed port of CMUCL to Win32. And, if I was not busy organizing a Lisp conference, it would be publicly

compiled open source Windows lisp (was Re: Python becoming less Lisp-like)

2005-03-15 Thread Brandon J. Van Every
James Graves wrote: If you want to do application development, Common Lisp is where it's at, no doubt about it. There are more and better libraries for CL these days, and they are easier to install and manage with tools like ASDF. Multiple open-source implementations, covering the most

Re: compiled open source Windows lisp (was Re: Python becoming less Lisp-like)

2005-03-15 Thread Fraca7
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 12:25:02 -0800, Brandon J. Van Every wrote: Last I looked, 2 years ago?, there were no compiled, open source lisps that ran on Windows. Has this changed? I don't think so. I recently (about 2 months ago) started to want to learn Lisp (didn't go far for now) and wanted to

Re: compiled open source Windows lisp (was Re: Python becoming less Lisp-like)

2005-03-15 Thread James Graves
Brandon J. Van Every [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James Graves wrote: If you want to do application development, Common Lisp is where it's at, no doubt about it. There are more and better libraries for CL these days, and they are easier to install and manage with tools like ASDF. Multiple

Re: compiled open source Windows lisp (was Re: Python becoming less Lisp-like)

2005-03-15 Thread Christopher C. Stacy
Brandon J. Van Every [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Last I looked, 2 years ago?, there were no compiled, open source lisps that ran on Windows. Has this changed? GCL (formerly known as KCL and ACL) has been around since 1984, and has been available on Windows since 2000. ECL (another KCL

Re: compiled open source Windows lisp (was Re: Python becoming less Lisp-like)

2005-03-15 Thread David Golden
James Graves wrote: But coverage in this area (compiled CL) is a bit thin, I'll admit. But who really cares? After all, there are the mature commercial proprietary lisp compilers for those people who insist on using closedware OSes, and they've already proven they're willing to use