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Re: LISP and Apple II ???????????????????????????????



scraft@trident.usacs.rutgers.edu (Steve Craft) writes:

>There was also a freeware LISP interpreter I saw once.  It was a 40 or 50
>sector program.  Yes, sectors as in DOS 3.3, and I think it's filetype was
>"A" too.

Do you realize how small that is?  A 40 or 50 sector program is only 10
or 12 K?!  Crimony.  An interpreter, for only 12K?  That's like the size
of Basic!  And its a high level language!  The Apple II was so damn
efficient.  I sure miss it.

Eric
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