Re: Cheap, Good Lisps For Novices

From: Camm Maguire (camm_at_enhanced.com)
Date: 08/16/04 

Date: 16 Aug 2004 10:25:26 -0400

Greetings! GCL is supported on Windows, and carries maxima, acl2, and
axiom (preliminary) there. Documentation could use some improvement.
Free and fast, compiling to native machine code via (included) gcc.

Take care,

Pascal Bourguignon <spam@mouse-potato.com> writes:

> "Gary Brown" <garyjbrown@charter.net> writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Are there any cheap, good LISPs for novices? Cheap means < $200, good means
> > reasonably complete, good diagnostics, support for Window programming
> > comparable to a student version of MS (or other) C++, and good
> > documentation.
> >
> > FWIW, I have the free version of LispWorks which is disappointing.
>
> Try clisp (with emacs and slime).
> Cheap ($0 + cost of download).
> Good as per your specifications.
> Good documentation (the whole world wide web).
>
> --
> __Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/
>
> Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never
> stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and
> neither do we. 

-- 
Camm Maguire			     			camm@enhanced.com
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"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."  --  Baha'u'llah

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