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Does anyone have any info on LIL (programming the FEP)?

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From: Scott McKay
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 00:00
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    From: Mike McDonald <mikemac@titian.engr.sgi.com>
    Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 14:34:33 -0700
    
      I'm looking for any info on the language LIL, that was used for
    programming the FEP on the Symbolics. Examples, docs, description,
    recollections, ... Just about anything. I need to design a lisp like
    language for embedding in an application, so I'm trying to find out
    what people have done before.
    
There was no documentation or description.  The only code ever written
in LIL was the 3600 (L- and G- machine) NFEP code.  It was pretty well
suited for its purpose, and certainly more usable than Pascal.  The
fact that you could use real macros was a big help.

If you're really trying to design a Lisp-like language for embedding
in an application, I suggest starting with Scheme or Eulisp, not LIL.
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Date: 1996/09/19
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