[Info-vax] Python for x86?

[Andreas Eder]

On Mo 24 Apr 2023 at 12:48, bill <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 4/24/2023 12:18 PM, Andreas Eder wrote:
>> On Fr 21 Apr 2023 at 17:00, kludge at panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
>> 
>>> =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>>>> On 4/21/2023 10:51 AM, Chris Townley wrote:
>>>>> On 21/04/2023 14:31, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>>>> Getting abcl (lisp) working was really random luck.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Is Lisp still used these days?
>>>>
>>>> ABCL (Common Lisp on JVM and actually able to run on VMS)
>>>> is actively maintained.
>>>>
>>>> And I believe there are several other Lisp implementations
>>>> that are not EOL.
>>>
>>> I think most folks using lisp under VMS are using xlisp.  Which builds nicely
>>> under VMS and a whole lot of other operating systems, and is pleasantly
>>> common-lisp compatible if you like that sort of thing.
>> Compared to a real common lisp xlisp is just a toy.
>
> Why? Did "real common lisp" go OOP like all the rest?

CL was OOP before most other languages.
Look at CLOS. It is by far the ness OOP system. And there also is a
meta object protocol.

'Andreas