Re: Where to find good lisp critiques?

From: james anderson (james.anderson_at_setf.de)
Date: 12/04/03 

Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 01:32:14 +0100

Brian Mastenbrook wrote:
>
> Perhaps my phrasing is at fault - I don't really mean to criticize the
> decisions of the CL vendors. I'm sure what works for them works for
> them. I do think they have an opportunity to expand their market by
> offering something more attractive to students trying to actually use
> the language (which precludes heap-limited trials). I'm not sure what
> Digitool is thinking with a $450 student product, but perhaps more
> students have that kind of money than I'm aware (and I'm fairly
> well-paid by the university). My whine was intended to express the
> frustration caused by my experience with better tools (I had a
> non-limited LispWorks during the 4.3 beta) coupled with their
> out-of-reach pricing - nothing more.

last time i looked mcl 4.3.5 would cost a student $66.00.
what is more, it would run quit nicely on macs which wouldn't cost much more
than that.

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