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diff --git a/lang/clisp/DESCR b/lang/clisp/DESCR index 95d845658dd..f6e4d547a79 100644 --- a/lang/clisp/DESCR +++ b/lang/clisp/DESCR @@ -1,27 +1,14 @@ -Common Lisp is - * a convential programming language and an AI language - * interactive - * a Lisp for professional use - -Common Lisp CLISP - * needs only 2 MB of memory - * mostly implements the ANSI Common Lisp standard, as well as some - extensions - * can call your preferred editor - * is freely distributable - -Common Lisp CLISP provides - * an interpreter - * a compiler which makes execution of programs 5 times faster - * a debugger - * all data types with unlimited size (the size need never be declared, - the size of lists and arrays may be changed dynamically) - * integers of arbitrary length, unlimited floating point number precision - * An X11 interface is available through CLX, Garnet, CLUE/CLIO. - * CLOS, a foreign language interface, sockets, i18n, and more. - +Common Lisp is a high-level, general-purpose programming language. GNU +CLISP is a Common Lisp implementation by Bruno Haible of Karlsruhe +University and Michael Stoll of Munich University, both in Germany. + +It mostly supports the Lisp described in the ANSI Common Lisp standard. +It runs on microcomputers (Windows NT/2000/XP, Windows 95/98/ME) as well +as on Unix workstations (Linux, SVR4, Sun4, DEC Alpha OSF, HP-UX, BeOS, +NeXTstep, SGI, AIX and others) and needs only 2 MB of RAM. + +The user interface comes in German, English, French, Spanish, Dutch and +Russian. GNU CLISP includes an interpreter, a compiler, a debugger, +CLOS, a foreign language interface, sockets, i18n, fast bignums and +more. An X11 interface is available through CLX, Garnet, CLUE/CLIO. GNU CLISP runs Maxima, ACL2 and many other Common Lisp packages. - -It is Free Software and may be distributed under the terms of GNU GPL, -while it is possible to distribute commercial applications compiled -with CLISP. |