Re: Question: LispWorks IDE with different CL engine?

> If you're using the LW IDE you have a high-quality, deeply integrated
> CL right there, in the same Lisp image as the IDE.  That gives you
> most of the things people liked about LispMs: the LW IDE is, by
> margin, the closest thing to using a LispM I know of (it's not very
> like a LispM in interface but the all-in-one-image thing is a big
> deal).  Getting an implementation that is sitting at the end of a bit
> of string to be anything like that nice is going to be ... well, good
> luck with it
>
> I think we need to know what OP wants to achieve.

Not related to LW but I saw a recent project by Anthony Green (*LLM
CODE AI WARNING*)

https://github.com/atgreen/icl

This is a REPL (written in sbcl) which compiles to a binary which you
launch, which spawns some other lisp implementation, runs a
slynk(slime) in that lisp talks the slynk protocol to it, so you have
a repl ("IDE") which works across other lisp implementations.

You can optionally skip the spawning part, by starting the swank
server on the host lisp, and connecting with to it using the ICL
binary.

I think this is in the spirit of the documentation that Rainer posted
for Liquid Common lisp

Now, I've heard of the MCL IDE being used with other LISPs. Digging up
I think this was in the same spirit.

https://xach.livejournal.com/264103.html

The relevant links in cliki are not accessible at the moment.

The IP that Lispworks sits on could as you say,theoretically be put in
service of the other lisps in the same way.  I think at some point had
the idea of democratising CAPI but those US based bankers relented,
and moved on (thankfully) to the "web"

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