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From: Maguire@COLUMBIA-20.ARPA@sri-unix.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Portable and More Efficient Lisps
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Date: Sun, 31-Jul-83 02:45:51 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 31 02:45:51 1983
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From:  Chip Maguire 

        What I wish to generate is a discussion of what are the
features of LISP@-[n] which provide a nice/efficient/(other standard
virtues) environment for computer aided intellectual tasks (such as
AI, CAD, etc.).
        For example, quite a lot of the work that I have been involved
with recently required that from with a LISP environment that I
generate line drawings to represent: data structures, binding
environments for a multi-processor simulator, or even as a graphical
syntax for programming.  Thus, I would like to have 1) reasonable
support (in terms of packages of routines) for textual labels and line
drawings; and 2) this same package available irrespective of which
machine I happen to be using at the time [within the limits of the
hardware available].

        What other examples of common utilities are emerging as
"expected" `primitives'?  Chip