[info-mcl] digitool (MCL) / clozure (OpenMCL)

[Raffael Cavallaro]

On Oct 10, 2007, at 3:02 PM, Andrew Shalit wrote:

>  This could be
> made relatively portable and interactive, and it would by definition
> be easier to learn (because it would be so small).  It could also use
> native look and feel.  But it wouldn't give you the full access to
> the riches of the Mac.

This was of course what I was getting at in my reply to Marco - I have  
little use for a common lisp on Mac OS X if it *doesn't* let me easily  
use Core Image, etc. from within lisp.

>
>
> We have our own opinions inside Clozure. Some people love the idea of
> being able to use Core Animation from inside our CL applications.
> Others just want to type (MAKE-INSTANCE 'WINDOW) and have it do the
> right thing.  We'd be very interested in hearing where on that
> spectrum MCL users come down.

Well I definitely come down on the end of give-me-full-access-to-the- 
richness-of-the-Mac and least-common-denominator, cross-platform  
toolkits be damned.

regards,

Ralph

Raffael Cavallaro, Ph.D.
raffaelcavallaro at mac.com