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CMUCL could have been ported to x86 earlier, I was running UNIX on a 386 in 1987 but only had AKCL for it. I was the first beta-tester for CMUCL on FreeBSD in 1
by rjsw 4y ago
CMUCL could have been ported to x86 earlier, I was running UNIX on a 386 in 1987 but only had AKCL for it. I was the first beta-tester for CMUCL on FreeBSD in 1996.
- lispm 4y agoports usually don't happen just so. If there wasn't one, I would interpret it such that there was little demand at that time. SBCL later was forked from CMUCL to have a simpler implementation and build system. Recently the port to M1 Macs went smooth. The person(s) doing the port did an excellent job.
- rjsw 4y agoPorting CMUCL to x86 required someone having access to a machine that it already ran on as well as a 386 running UNIX, plus knowing that the CMUCL sources were available and having internet access to get hold of them. I think these were the limiting factors rather than lack of demand.
- dleslie 4y agoSBCL is still broken on Windows.