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Norell LISP/88

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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 It worked reasonably well but did not receive a lot of updates meaning it was seriously outdated by the mid 80's and disappeared off the market.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

Publisher