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

An excellent road map!
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