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Re:Linux Desktop on Apple Silicon/M1 in Practice by lars-b2018 on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @11:27AM (#26330603)
I use Common Lisp daily on macOS and Linux, but use SBCL and Emacs with Sly. Never tried out a commercial implementation so I cannot compare to Emacs and SBCL. Are they worth the money vs. the open source tools?
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Re:Linux Desktop on Apple Silicon/M1 in Practice by mark_l_watson on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @10:09PM (#26338145)
I use LispWorks proprietary UI library CAPI, otherwise all of my code is portable.

SBCL and Emacs are great, use them often, also.

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Re:Linux Desktop on Apple Silicon/M1 in Practice by tachyonbeam on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @12:47PM (#26331898)
How could they be worth it? Vendor lock-in has a huge cost IMO. You're going to have to keep paying for these insanely expensive licenses for years, maybe decades?
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Re:Linux Desktop on Apple Silicon/M1 in Practice by pjmlp on Thursday March 04, 2021 @01:44AM (#26339382)
If one wants to use Lisp as the Lisp Machines/Interlisp-D allowed for, only the commercial versions offer such experience.
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