Re: 1984 mulisp used on an emulator

[Slarty@ureach.com (zaphod)]

mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) wrote in message news:<20020216112351.10835.00002030@mb-ba.aol.com>...
> zaphod replied:
> 
> >mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) wrote in message
> >news:<20020211235305.02583.00001334@mb-fi.aol.com>...
> >> zaphod wrote:
> >> 
> >> >I would like to find an implementation of mulisp from 1984 or earlier
> >> >to implement on an apple ii emulator.
> >> 
> >> Wow--an Apple II emulator written in Lisp!! ((meta-laugh))
> >> 
> >> -michael
> >> 
> >>  Email:  mjmahon@aol.com
> >>  Home page:  http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/
> >I am srry I failed to express myself, adequately.  Not written in
> >lisp, but rather:
> >1)mulisp was available fot the apple ii
> >2) the best book ever written on comparative programming languages
> >teaches mulisp that was available by 1984
> >3) I am hoping to find that implementation and load it into an apple
> >ii emulator.
> >Can someone help?
> >Thanks for replying;
> >and I apologise for the innefective communication.
> 
> No, I just couldn't resist--your communication was clear enough.  ;-)
> 
> I am surprised that there haven't been better implementations of
> Lisp since 1984.  I would expect a bunch of them on the PC,
> incuding some excellent variants, such as Scheme, which also
> has some wonderful texts.

Oh; I'm betting there have been.  I just want what I want.  It's not a
matter of the best lisp.  Merely adequate will do.


> 
> BTW, I believe that MuLisp was actually a CP/M program, requiring
> an Apple II with a Z80 card, or an equivalent emulator.

Not sure about cp/m, but your right about the z80 card.
> 
> -michael
> 
>  Email:  mjmahon@aol.com
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