On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 6:59 AM, John Waters <jcwjr215@gmail.com> wrote:
I have always felt guilty about wanting Common LISP on Plan 9; but I
am not entirely sure why.
John

Eh, there's lots of code for Common Lisp out there that'd be nice to run on Plan 9 in my opinion.  I don't think we're alone in our feelings :-).

A lot of time Unix and Lisp have seem a bit at odds... I think there's been papers written on the topic even.

Dave
 

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 4:35 PM, David Leimbach <leimy2k@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>    The question is what new function Plan 9, as an OS, defines for
>> the end user.
>> Plan 9 is not for end users.  Plan 9 is for programmers.
>
> I think I just heard the sound of a nail being struck on the head.
>
> I do find myself wanting Lisp, Scheme, and Haskell and all my other weird
> programming toys for Plan 9 too.  I believe Haskell and Scheme are handled,
> but has there ever been a Common Lisp implementation for it?   Perhaps I
> should look into a port of SBCL or something.
> Dave
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>> -rob
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