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i do not know how to message the guy "Scott" author of page, so i am putting this here. in the "LispWorks CL" page, under "Implementations", the "Notes" sectio
by quickoats 9y ago
i do not know how to message the guy "Scott" author of page, so i am putting this here.
in the "LispWorks CL" page, under "Implementations", the "Notes" section elicidates a mystery about the Personal Edition not recognizing the lisp init files. This is actually a limitation in LispWorks Personal Edition which is described on the link provided to retrieve said edition.
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- pnathan 9y agoAh, interesting! I don't remember reading that when I wrote it. I'll go back and correct it after my current project wraps up (but PRs are also accepted!).
- lispm 9y agoThe Personal Edition has several limitations: does not load init files supposed to be used with the IDE IDE quits after some hours Memory is limited can't create applications --- Actually the Personal Edition is mostly for people to play around a bit or students doing some homework. Other than that the typical user will buy a version, which won't have the above limitations. Users also may also test a time-limited full version, before buying. People use either LispWorks or Allegro CL, then.
- pnathan 9y agoYeah, I recall using it a bit more now. The personal edition is really a trial edition, it's not a 'low budget low features' edition, which is what I was thinking when I originally was fooling with it back then. (These days I use SBCL nearly exclusively for my CL implementation)
- lispm 9y ago> 'low budget low features' edition In some school/university course it would be like that. The students get a simple installer, get the IDE up and running after a few clicks and thus they don't have to learn GNU Emacs + installing Lisp infrastructure for some basic homework.