>>>>> "Bruce" == Bruce Perens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Bruce> Isn't there a GNU lisp? If there's one that's freely Bruce> redistributable, whoever it comes from, I'd suggest that Bruce> someone who has cause to use it package it for the rest of Bruce> us. I'd be a bad candidate for this job, as I don't use Lisp. Bruce> There are many package maintainers on the debian-devel list who Bruce> can help you get started in building Debian packages. CLISP runs on Linux and Linux/ELF systems. CLISP is available from ma2s2.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de:/pub/lisp/clisp. I'm maintaining this package, if anyone wants to polish a debian installation system, I'd be happy to help out. I'm not running debian, but I do have a couple of bleeding-edge / from-scratch Linux systems. The primary features of CLISP are its portability, clean implementation, and small footprint. CLISP uses a byte-code compiler. GCL also runs on Linux, I don't know if ELF is supported yet. GCL is available from math.utexas.edu. GCL compiles to C, which results in good performance. GCL came from AKCL, which came from KCL. Finally, there is a CMU Lisp port in the works, but it will be awhile before it is ready for prime time. Much progress has been made -- all by Paul F. Werkowski -- one very intense hacker. CMU Lisp's primary feature is Python, an advanced native compiler. If you work with Python's compilation notes, Python can generate code as fast as GCC.
