Date   : Thu, 29 Mar 1990 05:10:49 PST
From   : "That was Zen, this is Tao." <secrist@msdoa2.enet.dec.com>
Subject: XLISP: Highest version to run under CP/M-80 ?

What is the highest version of XLISP to run under CP/M-80 ?
[Or DEC RT-11 ?]

CP/M-80 is not mentioned in the manuals from V1.4 on, and
I've never seen V1.3.  V1.5 and up are definetly too big to
run under CP/M-80.  The sources for V1.2 are on the
Royal Oak RCP/M, but there is no '.COM in the library so
I don't know if it would actually build. although the
documentation mentions CP/M-80.  CompuServe has XLPCPM.COM
in the AI Expert forum library which purports to be
XLISP V1.5, but it's really V1.0.  Prior to V1.2 the
functions still retain C names instead of LISP names, so
I would prefer V1.2.

From some j-random BBS I also got something circa 1985
that says it's "Tiny Lisp V1.0" that smells a lot like
V1.2, but there were no sources -- has anybody seen this ?

Ideally I would like to find XLISP V1.2 binaries for CP/M-80,
MS-DOS, and RT-11 (I'll build it for VAX/VMS myself).  It
looks to be one of the only truly portable language across
my platforms of interest.  Once I get the skinny on the
best XLISP that will fit under CP/M, then I'll set to
building it everywhere if I have to.

rcs