Re: P-Lisp additions and notes

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On Jul 8, 4:20 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> John B. Matthews wrote:
> > In article <SoKdnY357P2UD-_VnZ2dnUVZ_tXin...@comcast.com>,
> >  "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >>John B. Matthews wrote:
>
> >>>In article
> >>><49afb5a3-8f9b-4e43-b668-ec9caa019...@m3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
> >>> rtk <oneelkr...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>On Jul 4, 7:28 pm, "John B. Matthews" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>>My stars, it's full of pointers! $5400 of 'em. And not _quite_ regular
> >>>>>enough to construct at run time. Then there's code again at +$5500. The
> >>>>>Lisp binary runs to the : prompt, but (LOAD BASE) bombs.
>
> >>>>Are you saying the disk image bombs?  Or that did you try the ShrinkIt
> >>>>archive?  I just booted the actual 5.25" floppy the images were made
>
> >>>>from and (LOAD BASE) works just fine.
>
> >>>Sorry for my confusing post. I was responding to your note, "I tried
> >>>running Lisp under ProDOS and it bombs." For me it runs to the colon
> >>>prompt. At that point, it doesn't crash, but any command produces an
> >>>error. It actually crashes into the monitor later, after trying to load
> >>>base.
>
> >>Sounds like DOS-based program that fails when attempting I/O under
> >>ProDOS...  Correct behavior, I'd say.  ;-)
>
> > True, true. I hoped the experiment might shed light on the enigmatic 'S'
> > type file. Beneath Apple DOS only mentions it. I can't recall seeing it
> > in the wild before.
>
> I'd bet that we're only seeing a coincidence...
>
> "S" is very commonly used name component in computer science.
> Its natural association with Symbol/Symbolic/Source puts it
> high on the acronym frequency list.  ;-)
>
> -michael
>
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