Re: mcl.googlecode.com opens for business

On Sep 17, 2009, at 8:04 AM, Alexander Repenning wrote:
> RMCL, I would think, will not be a launch point various new  
> development. The main role of the repository will be to absorb  
> various fixes over time to keep RMCL alive for as long as possible,  
> e.g.., to the point when Apple no longer supports Rosetta. In that  
> time, the few developers should take any means possible to keep a  
> unified version of RMCL and not to branch it out.

We all know the writing is on the wall for Carbon/PPC/Rosetta.  
However, rather than just keeping RMCL on life support, I suggest  
that we make *portability* our agenda:

1. Facilitate porting of applications from MCL to other Lisp systems,  
in particular Clozure CL.

2. Update and port useful MCL contributions for the benefit of the  
Common Lisp community.

3. Port relevant parts of MCL to work on other Lisp systems, in  
particular Clozure CL.

No vision is complete without a wildly ambitious goal to reach for:

4. Port MCL to Clozure CL (!) ditching legacy code like the PPC  
compiler and Carbon.

Rosetta MCL buys us a couple of years. Let's roll up our sleeves!

-- Terje Norderhaug






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