Microsoft LISP: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
|||
| (One intermediate revision by one other user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
A [[LISP]] interpreter for [[DOS]] marketed by the [[Microsoft]] Corporation in the 1980's, it is actually a licensed version of [[muLISP]] that omits the compiler but is otherwise mostly identical. In addition to the interpreter the system comes with and editor, a symbolic debugger, a collection of libraries, a tutorial and example programs. | A [[LISP]] interpreter for [[DOS]] marketed by the [[Microsoft]] Corporation in the 1980's, it is actually a licensed version of [[muLISP]] that omits the compiler but is otherwise mostly identical. In addition to the interpreter the system comes with and editor, a symbolic debugger, a collection of libraries, a tutorial and example programs. Prior to the release of "Microsoft LISP", Microsoft had been the exclusive distributor of muLISP. | ||
==Versions== | ==Versions== | ||
| Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
* muLISP Compiler v5.10 | * muLISP Compiler v5.10 | ||
:Normally only sold as a part of the muLISP package, but offered as an add on to Microsoft LISP owners for USD 149 in 1986 by [[Soft Warehouse]]. | :Normally only sold as a part of the muLISP package, but offered as an add on to Microsoft LISP owners for USD 149 in 1986 by [[Soft Warehouse]]. | ||
* | *muMATH - Symbolic mathematics package | ||
: Sold by Microsoft as a standalone package or as an add-on to Microsoft LISP. | : Sold by Microsoft as a standalone package or as an add-on to Microsoft LISP. | ||
* | *muSIMP - Algol like language | ||
: An [[Algol]] like programming language that ran on top of Microsoft LISP. | : An [[Algol]] like programming language that ran on top of Microsoft LISP. | ||
Latest revision as of 05:14, 6 February 2017
A LISP interpreter for DOS marketed by the Microsoft Corporation in the 1980's, it is actually a licensed version of muLISP that omits the compiler but is otherwise mostly identical. In addition to the interpreter the system comes with and editor, a symbolic debugger, a collection of libraries, a tutorial and example programs. Prior to the release of "Microsoft LISP", Microsoft had been the exclusive distributor of muLISP.
Versions
- Microsoft LISP v4.11
- Last update in the 4.x branch. There is no Microsoft version of 5.0, that was a muLISP only release.
- Microsoft LISP v5.10 (1986-01-06)
- Twice a many primitives as v4.11 and heaps as big as 512k. First release with Common Lisp compatibility (not full).
- Prerequisites
- PC or MS DOS 2.0 or higher
- 128k of memory
- Add-ons
- muLISP Compiler v4.11
- muLISP Compiler v5.10
- Normally only sold as a part of the muLISP package, but offered as an add on to Microsoft LISP owners for USD 149 in 1986 by Soft Warehouse.
- muMATH - Symbolic mathematics package
- Sold by Microsoft as a standalone package or as an add-on to Microsoft LISP.
- muSIMP - Algol like language
- An Algol like programming language that ran on top of Microsoft LISP.
Licence and availability
Discontinued commercial software, retail price when new USD 250.