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Re: Mac CL-HTTP is interesting, but is there a non-MCL version?
>Hi folks-
>
> The philosophy behind Macintosh CL-HTTP is very interesting, but
>I don't have MCL ($600 is a too pricey).
The 3.0 version for individuals lists $295 and for students $135.
This not expensive and MCL is _worth_every_dollar_ (or Deutsche Mark ;-) ).
> Has CL-HTTP been ported to any shareware lisps for the Macintosh?
The only candidate would be PowerLisp. I doubt that it would work,
since it is not a full Common Lisp and hasn't threads.
Hmm, there was once a version of Procyon CL on the Mac,
which is much more expensive and not as good as MCL. I won't
recommend this one.
> Also, the RAM requirements listed are rather large (9192K). Is this
>due to the fact that it is not a "stand-alone" application? If so, is
>there a "stand-alone" version?
With the "Redistribution Kit" for MCL 3.0 a runtime version could be
generated, without some of the development tools.
There are some switches for MCL where you can switch off recording
- of source files for definitions
- of documentation strings
- of definitions
- local symbols
By using this for a runtime version you can *significantly* reduce
the size of the program.
I think it is a goal for the developers to create a small runtime
version of CL-HTTP. 9192K is definitely not the last word on this.
> I only have 8 Mb RAM on my Centris, so even
>with RAM Doubler having other applications up along side CL-HTTP would be
>a burden.
True. But 8 MB memory is not enough anyway. I recommend for serious
(especially development!) work on a Mac atleast 16 MB RAM. I'm using
12 MB in PowerBook (which is not enough) and 20 MB RAM / 40 MB virtual
memory on my Mac II FX.
Greetings from Hamburg,
Rainer Joswig
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