The feel of a LispM/List of running machines

Luca Pisati pisati@nichimen.com
Fri, 02 May 1997 18:33:23 -0700


Mike McDonald wrote:
> 
> >Date: Fri, 02 May 1997 15:34:28 -0700
> >From: Luca Pisati <pisati@nichimen.com>
> >To: alaric@abwillms.demon.co.uk
> >Subject: Re: The feel of a LispM/List of running machines
> >
> >Alaric B. Williams wrote:
> 
> >BTW: ANSI-CL pathname structure is modeled on the LispM concept.
> >
> >An example from our application:
> >
> >USER(1): #p"ngc:patch;nworld-3-1;nworld-3-1-001.fasl"
> >#p"ngc:patch;nworld-3-1;nworld-3-1-001.fasl"
> >
> >USER(2): (describe *)
> >#p"ngc:patch;nworld-3-1;nworld-3-1-001.fasl" is a structure of type LOGICAL-PATHNAME.  It has these slots:
> > HOST               "ngc"
> > DEVICE             :UNSPECIFIC
> > DIRECTORY          (:ABSOLUTE "patch" "nworld-3-1")
> > NAME               "nworld-3-1-001"
> > TYPE               "fasl"
> > VERSION            :UNSPECIFIC
> > NAMESTRING         NIL
> > HASH               64954
> 
>  CMUCL gives:
> 
> * #p"ngc:patch;nworld-3-1;nworld-3-1-001.fasl"
> 
> #p"ngc:patch;nworld-3-1;nworld-3-1-001.fasl"
> * (describe *)
> 
> #p"ngc:patch;nworld-3-1;nworld-3-1-001.fasl" is a structure of type PATHNAME.
> HOST: #<COMMON-LISP::UNIX-HOST {503EE25}>.
> DEVICE: NIL.
> DIRECTORY: (:ABSOLUTE #<SEARCH-LIST ngc>).
> NAME: "patch;nworld-3-1;nworld-3-1-001".
> TYPE: "fasl".
> VERSION: :NEWEST.
> *
> 
>   Where do I send the first bug report for the LispOS project. :-)

Which makes me wonder how much is CMUCL an ANSI CL ?

I never used it, so ...

>   Mike McDonald
>   mikemac@engr.sgi.com

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