Re: xlisp

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Subject: Re: xlisp
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Date: Mon, 19-Nov-84 23:04:48 EST
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From: Mark Cornwell

Concerning saving sources... For now, I'm not not saving sources in XLISP.
I edit source files with file (you could also use macwrite saving "text only".)
Then I quit the file application and start the XLISP application. From
XLISP one loads the sources with (load ""). If your parentheses
are balanced, you're ready to go.

I prefer file to macwrite for editing sources. It allows multiple windows
onto different files -- something I can't live without. Unhappily, it
does not allow multiple windows onto the same file.

My biggest complaint is the time it takes my little 128k mac to close and
open applications in moving back and forth between XLISP and file.
This one minute or so delay is a far cry from my beloved Symbolics.
I can think of many ways to try to speed this up. Even as is, it
compares favorably with the "couple of minutes" I've heard for the current
crop of C compliers.

Mark Cornwell
cornwell@nrl-css