Need some LOOPS help...

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2 total messages Started by Good Ol' Dave Thu, 29 Oct 1992 15:12

Author: Good Ol' Dave
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 15:12

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'Lo, gang:

   I am a CS major writing a paper on the strengths and weaknesses of the 
LOOPS language and am seeking reference material for it.  I also am personally 
looking for something to supplement my MuLISP and am looking to see if there 
is a LOOPS package for the MS-DOS platform, or at least for a manual.
   Unfortunately, the support I've received from XEROX was short of
pathetic;  All their branch offices knew nothing about anything about 
any LOOPS programming language, and referred me to their documentation
division, who said basically, "If you don't have the inventory number
for that manual, then don't bother us."  This is from an business
organization that SELLS products?!?
   So, I am now appealing to the LOOPS user base for help.  Does anyone
out there know where I can FTP or purchase a manual, or can at least tell
me what their inventory number for the LOOPS manual ("The LOOPS manual",
Xerox Corp., 1983) is?  I appreciate any info you can give me.  Thanx.

Dave Adametz
ADAMETZ_DAL@CCSUA.CTSTATEU.EDU

Re: Need some LOOPS help...

Author: Arun Welch
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 15:34

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In article <921029101240.23805306@CCSUA.CTSTATEU.EDU> ADAMETZ_DAL@ccsua.ctstateu.edu (Good Ol' Dave) writes:

      Unfortunately, the support I've received from XEROX was short of
   pathetic;  All their branch offices knew nothing about anything about 
   any LOOPS programming language, and referred me to their documentation
   division, who said basically, "If you don't have the inventory number
   for that manual, then don't bother us."  This is from an business
   organization that SELLS products?!?

Yeah well, that's one of the reasons Xerox got out of the Lisp
business. Fortunately, someone else took over from them, namely Venue.
They can be reached by calling (800)-228-5325, or by sending mail to 
aisupport.mv@envos.xerox.com. You can send questions on LOOPS to
either that address or to the info-1100 mailing list, address
info-1100@cis.ohio-state.edu, which is more likely to have LOOPS users
than the CLOS mailing list.

> I also am personally 
>looking for something to supplement my MuLISP and am looking to see if there 
>is a LOOPS package for the MS-DOS platform, or at least for a manual.

LOOPS won't run in MuLISP, but it does run in the DOS release of
Medley, currently in beta test. I can't remember what the educational
price is right now, but I'm sure someone at Venue can.

...arun
info-1100-request
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Arun Welch
Lisp Systems Programmer, Lab for AI Research, Ohio State University
welch@cis.ohio-state.edu

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