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Article #461Execution environment of Lisp machines
From: Dan Dvorak
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1987 23:55
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1987 23:55
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Has anyone out there written a comparison of the execution environment
of a Lisp machine (typified by Symbolics) to that of, say, a UNIX system?
I understand the UNIX model fairly well and am learning Symbolics
Genera 7, but there are some fundamental differences with UNIX, such as:
-- all processes on a Lisp machine run in the SAME virtual address space;
-- the flavors/objects style of programming (versus multiple processes).
Is there a paper or notes that list all the main differences?
That would help me to more quickly form the correct mental model.
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Dan Dvorak UUCP: {harvard,ihnp4}!ut-sally!dvorak
(512) 472-6671 ARPA: dvorak@im4u.utexas.edu
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!hplabs!gatech!mcdchg!usenet From: dvorak@im4u.UUCP (Dan Dvorak) Newsgroups: comp.unix Subject: Execution environment of Lisp machines Message-ID: <2058@mcdchg.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Oct-87 19:55:33 EDT Article-I.D.: mcdchg.2058 Posted: Tue Oct 13 19:55:33 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 15-Oct-87 20:47:38 EDT Sender: usenet@mcdchg.UUCP Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 12 Approved: usenet@mcdchg.UUCP Summary: Want comparison with UNIX execution environment.