| These are the languages that are meant to be used interactively. [I'm sure there are more. Tell me! --ed] |
| C | |
| ae (application executive) | |
| 2 | |
| interpreter | |
| Brian Bliss <bliss@convex.com> | |
| ftp://sp2.csrd.uiuc.edu/pub/CSRD_Software/APPL_EXEC/ | |
| ae (the "application executive") is a C interpreter library which is compiled with an application; hence, the interpreter exists in the same process and address space. it includes a dbx symbol table scanner to access compiled vars & routines, or you can enter them manually by providing a type/name declaration and the address. when the interpreter is invoked, source code fragments are read from the input stream (or a string), parsed, and evaluated immediately. The user can call compiled functions in addition to a few built-in intrinsics, declare new data types and data objects, etc. Different input streams can be evaluated in parallel on alliant machines. Version 2 differs substantially in that the code fragments are read into an intermediate form before being evaluated, and can be stored in this form and then called from either user code or the interpreter. Version 2 also handles looping constructs (and the full C language), unlike version 1. | |
| SunOS (cc or gcc), Alliant FX, SGI (partial), Cray YMP (partial) | |
| July 18th, 1993 |
| Common Lisp | |
| AKCL (Austin Kyoto Common Lisp) | |
| 1-615 | |
| improvements | |
| Bill Schelter <wfs@cli.com>, <wfs@rascal.ics.utexas.edu> | |
| ftp://rascal.ics.utexas.edu/pub/akcl-*.tar.Z | |
| AKCL is a collection of ports, bug fixes, and performance improvements to KCL. | |
| Decstation3100, HP9000/300, i386/sysV, IBM-PS2/aix, IBM-RT/aix SGI Sun-3/Sunos[34].* Sun-4 Sequent-Symmetry IBM370/aix, VAX/bsd VAX/ultrix NeXT | |
| April 29th, 1992 |
| Caml | |
| CAML | |
| 3.1 | |
| compiler, interactive development environment | |
| Ascander Suarez, Pierre Weis, Michel Mauny, others (INRIA) | |
| ftp://ftp.inria.fr/lang/caml/ | |
| Caml is a programming language from the ML/Standard ML family, with functions as first-class values, static type inference with polymorphic types, user-defined variant and product types, and pattern-matching. The CAML V3.1 implementation adds lazy and mutable data structures, a "grammar" mechanism for interfacing with the Yacc parser generator, pretty-printing tools, high-performance arbitrary-precision arithmetic, and a complete library. | |
| caml@margaux.inria.fr | |
| Sun-3 Sun-4 Sony-68k Sony-R3000 Decstation Mac-A/UX Apollo | |
| low (built on a proprietary runtime system) | |
| maintained but no longer developed | |
| caml-list@margaux.inria.fr, comp.lang.ml | |
| Pierre Weis <Pierre.Weis@inria.fr> | |
| October 20th, 1991 |
| Caml | |
| Caml Light | |
| 0.74 | |
| bytecode compiler, emacs mode, libraries, scanner generator, parser generator, runtime, interactive development environment | |
| Xavier Leroy, Damien Doligez (INRIA) | |
| http://pauillac.inria.fr/caml/distrib-caml-light-eng.html ftp://ftp.inria.fr/lang/caml-light/ | |
| Caml is a programming language from the ML/Standard ML family, with functions as first-class values, static type inference with polymorphic types, user-defined variant and product types, and pattern-matching. The Caml Light implementation adds a Modula-2-like module system, separate compilation, lazy streams for parsing and printing, graphics primitives, and an interface with C. | |
| very small | |
| caml-light@margaux.inria.fr | |
| most unix, Macintosh, MSDOS (16 and 32 bit modes), Windows, Atari ST | |
| very high | |
| actively developed | |
| caml-list@margaux.inria.fr, comp.lang.ml | |
| Xavier Leroy <Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr> | |
| December 0 1997 |
| Common Lisp | |
| Cartier's Contribs | |
| 1.2 | |
| libraries, documentation | |
| Guillaume Cartier <cartier@math.uqam.ca> | |
| ftp://cambridge.apple.com/pub/mcl2/contrib/Cartiers* | |
| libraries for MCL | |
| Macintosh Common Lisp | |
| comp.lang.lisp.mcl | |
| April 18th, 1994 |
| Common Lisp | |
| CLiCC | |
| 0.6.4 | |
| compiler(->C), runtime library | |
| Heinz Knutzen <hk@informatik.uni-kiel.de>, Ulrich Hoffman <uho@informatik.uni-kiel.de>, Wolfgang Goerigk <wg@informatik.uni-kiel.de> | |
| ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-kiel.de/pub/kiel/apply/clicc* | |
| A Common Lisp to C compiler, meant to be used as a supplement to existing CLISP systems for generating portable applications. Target C code must be linked with CLiCC runtime library to produce executable. | |
| Subset of Common Lisp + CLOS (named: CL_0, or CommonLisp_0) CL_0 based on CLtL1. | |
| Freely distributable and modifiable | |
| Runs in Lucid Lisp, AKCL, CLISP, ... | |
| Working towards CLtL2 and ANSI-CL conformance. | |
| June 25th, 1994 |
| Common Lisp | |
| CLISP | |
| July 12th, 1994 | |
| interpreter, bytecode compiler, runtime library, editor | |
| Bruno Haible <haible@ma2s2.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de>, Michael Stoll <michael@rhein.iam.uni-bonn.de> | |
| ftp://ma2s2.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de/pub/lisp/clisp ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/development/lisp/ ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/lisp/ | |
| CLISP is a Common Lisp (CLtL1) implementation by Bruno Haible of Karlsruhe University and Michael Stoll of Munich University, both in Germany. It needs only 1.5 MB of RAM. German and English versions are available, French coming soon. Packages running in CLISP include PCL and, on Unix machines, CLX. A native subset of CLOS is included. | |
| CLtL1 + parts of CLtL2 | |
| GNU General Public License | |
| Atari, Amiga, MS-DOS, OS/2, Linux, Sun4, Sun386i, HP90000/800 and others | |
| send "subscribe clisp-list" to listserv@ma2s2.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de | |
| Bruno Haible <haible@ma2s2.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de> | |
| July 12th, 1994 |
| Common Lisp | |
| CLX | |
| 5.01 | |
| library | |
| ? | |
| ftp://export.lcs.mit.edu/contrib/CLX.R5.01.tar.Z | |
| Common Lisp binding for X | |
| bug-clx@expo.lcs.mit.edu | |
| ?, CMU Common Lisp | |
| ? | |
| August 26th, 1992 |
| Common Lisp | |
| CMU Common Lisp | |
| 17c | |
| incremental compiler, profiler, runtime, documentation, editor, debugger | |
| ? | |
| ftp://lisp-sun1.slisp.cs.cmu.edu/pub/* | |
CMU Common Lisp is public domain "industrial strength" Common
Lisp programming environment. Many of the X3j13 changes have
been incorporated into CMU CL. Wherever possible, this has
been done so as to transparently allow use of either CLtL1 or
proposed ANSI CL. Probably the new features most interesting
to users are SETF functions, LOOP and the
WITH-COMPILATION-UNIT macro.
| |
| mostly X3J13 compatible. | |
| Sparc/Mach Sparc/SunOS Mips/Mach IBMRT/Mach | |
| slisp@cs.cmu.edu | |
| November 18th, 1993 |
| Common Lisp | |
| Garnet | |
| 2.2 | |
| user interface builder | |
| The Garnet project | |
| ftp://a.gp.cs.cmu.edu/usr/garnet/garnet | |
| Garnet is a user interface development environment for Common Lisp and X11. It helps you create graphical, interactive user interfaces for your software. Garnet is a large scale system containing many features and parts including a custom object-oriented programming system which uses a prototype-instance model. It includes postscript support, gester recognition, and Motif emulation. | |
| Brad_Myers@bam.garnet.cs.cmu.edu | |
| October 15, 1993 |
| Common Lisp | |
| GINA (Generic Interactive Application) | |
| 2.2 | |
| language binding, class library, interface builder | |
| ? | |
GINA is an application framework based on Common Lisp and
OSF/Motif to simplify the construction of graphical
interactive applications. It consists of:
| |
| OSF/Motif 1.1 or better. Common Lisp with CLX, CLOS, PCL and processes. | |
| Franz Allegro, Lucid, CMU CL and Symbolics Genera | |
| gina-users-request@gmd.de | |
| ? |
| Common Lisp | |
| Hyperlisp | |
| 2.1f | |
| ? | |
| Joe Chung, MIT Media Laboratory | |
| ftp://cambridge.apple.com/pub/mcl2/contrib/hyperlisp21f.sit.hqx | |
| Hyperlisp is a real-time MIDI programming environment embedded in Macintosh Common Lisp. The environment was developed specifically for the Hyperinstruments project at the MIT Media Laboratory, and is optimized for interactive systems which require fast response times. Hyperlisp provides two main services for the music programmer: routines for MIDI processing and primitives for scheduling the application of functions. Programs written in Macintosh Common Lisp can use these services for a wide variety of real-time MIDI applications. | |
| April 18th, 1994 |
| Common Lisp | |
| KCL (Kyoto Common Lisp) | |
| ? | |
| compiler(->C), interpreter | |
| T. Yuasa <yuasa@tutics.tut.ac.jp>, M. Hagiya <hagiya@is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp> | |
| ? ftp://rascal.ics.utexas.edu/pub/kcl*.tar.Z | |
| KCL, Kyoto Common Lisp, is an implementation of Lisp, It is written in the language C to run under Un*x-like operating systems. KCL is very C-oriented; for example, the compilation of Lisp functions in KCL involves a subsidiary C compilation. | |
| conforms to the book ``Common Lisp: The Language,'' G. Steele, et al., Digital Press, 1984. | |
| kcl@cli.com | |
| must sign license agreement | |
| kcl-request@cli.com | |
| 1987/06 |
| Common Lisp | |
| Memoization ? | |
| ? | |
| library | |
| Marty Hall <hall@aplcenmp.apl.jhu.edu> | |
| ftp://archive.cs.umbc.edu/pub/Memoization | |
| Automatic memoization is a technique by which an existing function can be transformed into one that "remembers" previous arguments and their associated results | |
| November 30th, 1992 |
| Common Lisp | |
| PCL (Portable Common Loops) | |
| 8/28/92 PCL | |
| library | |
| ? Richard Harris <rharris@ptolemy2.rdrc.rpi.edu> ? | |
| ftp://parcftp.xerox.com/pcl/* | |
| A portable CLOS implementation. CLOS is the object oriented programming standard for Common Lisp. Based on Symbolics FLAVORS and Xerox LOOPS, among others. Loops stands for Lisp Object Oriented Programming System. | |
| Lucid CL 4.0.1, CMUCL 16e, ? | |
| ? | |
| September 2nd, 1992 |
| Postscript, Common Lisp | |
| PLisp | |
| ? | |
| translator(Postscript), programming environment(Postscript) | |
| John Peterson <peterson-john@cs.yale.edu> | |
| ? | |
| ? | |
| ? |
| Q (also small subsets of Common Lisp and Scheme) | |
| Q | |
| ? 1 | |
| interpreter, compiler framework, libraries, documentation | |
| Per Bothner <bothner@cygnus.com> | |
| ftp://ftp.cygnus.com/pub/Q.* | |
| Q is a very high-level programming language, and a test-bed for programming language ideas. Where APL uses arrays to explicit looping, Q uses generalized sequences (finite or infinite, stored or calculated on demand). It has lexical scoping, and some support for logical and constraint programming. The syntax was designed for convenient interactive use. A macro facility together with primitives to run programs is used to make an interactive command language with full shell features. The Q system is written in C++, and its run-time code may be useful to people implementing other languages. | |
| Linux and SUN 4 | |
| Should work on 32-bit Unix-like systems | |
| June 7th, 1993 |
| Common Lisp | |
| QT-OBJECTS | |
| ? | |
| library | |
| Michael Travers <mt@media.mit.edu> and others | |
| ? | |
| interface between MCL and QuickTime | |
| Macintosh Common Lisp | |
| comp.lang.lisp.mcl | |
| April 18th, 1994 |
| TRAC | |
| trac | |
| 1.1 | |
| interpreter, documentation, examples. | |
| Jown Cowan <cowan@locke.ccil.org> | |
| ftp://locke.ccil.org:pub/retro/trac.shar.gz (in the Museum of Retrocomputing) | |
| TRAC is an interactive language built around the idea that everything is a macro. Analogous to APL, in that it is an elegant language with peculiar syntax that pushes one idea as far as it can go. | |
| report to Jown Cowan <cowan@locke.ccil.org> | |
| Written in Perl. Almost universal... | |
| October 16th, 1994 |
| Common Lisp | |
| WCL | |
| 2.14 | |
| ?, shared library runtime, source debugger | |
| Wade Hennessey <wade@leland.Stanford.EDU> | |
| ftp://sunrise.stanford.edu/pub/wcl/* ftp://gummo.stanford.edu/miscellany/wcl | |
| A common lisp implementation as a shared library. WCL Is not a 100% complete Common Lisp, but it does have the full development environment including dynamic file loading and debugging. A modified version of GDB provides mixed-language debugging. A paper describing WCL was published in the proceedings of the 1992 Lisp and Functional Programming Conference. | |
| GNU C 2.1 (not 2.2.2) | |
| Sparc/SunOS | |
| <wcl-request@sunrise.stanford.edu> | |
| <wcl@sunrise.stanford.edu> | |
| October 28th, 1992 |
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