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As a long-time Lisper myself, I am a little surprised at the emphasis on LispWorks in this thread. I never used it much myself, and when I did I wasn't that cr
by ScottBurson 12y ago
As a long-time Lisper myself, I am a little surprised at the emphasis on LispWorks in this thread. I never used it much myself, and when I did I wasn't that crazy about it, though that was a dozen years ago so who knows. But the point is, Clozure CL and SBCL are just fine for anything I do. I would recommend Clozure CL to newcomers; SBCL is faster (I think), but more complex to use.
- lispm 12y agoClozure CL and SBCL are great. I use both. It's just that LispWorks comes with batteries included, has a cross-platform GUI toolkit, has a cross-platform GUI-based IDE, has a great runtime, has more delivery options, makes great use of CLOS, has more tools included, ... There is a noticeable step up in features from the typical open source / free software implementations to something like Allegro CL or LispWorks. Since both a proprietary and relatively expensive, often they are not a choice. But the fact remains, that they offer more and better features. SBCL shines with some features of its compiler. The topic is discussed, because for some people it is difficult to understand why one pays thousands of dollars for development and/or runtime (see for example the Azul JVM which starts at $3500 per machine per year).