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A budget [[LISP]] interpreter for [[DOS]], notable for being one of the first if not the first LISP implementation for the PC. It worked reasonably well but did not receive a lot of updates meaning it was seriously outdated by the mid 80's and disappeared off the market. | A budget [[LISP]] interpreter for [[DOS]], notable for being one of the first if not the first LISP implementation for the PC. It worked reasonably well but did not receive a lot of updates meaning it was seriously outdated by the mid 80's and disappeared off the market. When [[Computer Language Magazine]] benchmarked LISP systems in 1985, LISP/88 was not only dead last, comfortably behind even the first version of the [[public domain]] [[XLISP]], but also failed to complete all the tests. | ||
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A budget LISP interpreter for DOS, notable for being one of the first if not the first LISP implementation for the PC. It worked reasonably well but did not receive a lot of updates meaning it was seriously outdated by the mid 80's and disappeared off the market. When Computer Language Magazine benchmarked LISP systems in 1985, LISP/88 was not only dead last, comfortably behind even the first version of the public domain XLISP, but also failed to complete all the tests.
Version
- LISP/88 v1 (1982) (might even have been released in 1981)
Licence and availability
Discontinued commercial software. Retailed for USD 49.95 in 1982