Why do we need gcl at all?



I couldn't resist:

dan.stanger@ieee.org writes:
 > In a previous message to the list, I saw a bench mark that indicated
 > that clisp was only about 30% slower then gcl.  Wouldnt our time
 > be better served by building the stuff in clisp that gcl has,

Only 30%?  I have maxima jobs that take 24 hrs to run on a very fast box.  30% is significant.

David

 > which I thought was tk support, and then putting our time into cmucl
 > and making it work on more platforms?  clisp is a gpl'd product also,
 > works on many more platforms than gcl.  Plus, it implements CLOS,
 > and many more features then gcl.
 > Dan Stanger
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