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    Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 10:27 EDT
    From: Scott McKay <swm@harlequin.com>

	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.  

Actually, there was a manual (of sorts) and I think it was used for the OFEP,
but you're mostly right.

							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.