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- From: glp@fig.citib.com (Greg Parkinson)
- Subject: Re: Lisp syntax beauty? (was Re: Why Isn't Lisp a Mainstream Language?)
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- References: <1993Jan21.230642.18561@netlabs.com> <19930122162651.0.SWM@SUMMER.SCRC.Symbolics.COM> <dfs.727723285@noonian> <1jpi0sINN47q@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> <dfs.727732459@kehleyr> <KRULWICH.93Jan25102251@zowie.ils.nwu.edu> <dfs.727981585@kehleyr>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:58:15 GMT
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- In article <dfs.727981585@kehleyr>, dfs@doe.carleton.ca (David F. Skoll) writes:
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- |> And Lisp is not cheap - if you want to distribute Lisp
- |> applications, you usually have to pay $$$ to the Lisp vendor to
- |> distribute Lisp run-time licenses. Also, the good Common Lisp
- |> compilers are not free - are quite expensive, in fact.
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- It depends on what you think is "quite expensive".
- I wouldn't call $7500 outrageously expensive,
- considering what you get. Compared to payroll
- and hardware costs, it's negligible.
-
- |> Compare this
- |> to C, for example, which has no run-time royalties, and has a free
- |> ANSI-standard compiler.
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- The run-time is a difference, but Franz will charge
- you a one-time fee of $2500 for all the run-times
- you want ($5000 if you're going to sell them.)
- Again, not a whole lot of money.
-
- Of course, it depends on your environment. I can
- pay back the cost of a two-person-year project
- including hardware and software by preventing
- *one* mistake.
-
- And fine, you can get a free C compiler. How much are
- you going to pay for a development environment to match
- what your $7500 for Lisp includes?
-
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