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Running RMCL (Lisp) on WIndows


Is there ANY way to run RMCL/MCL on Windows? I have a lot of code written for RMCL that needs to interact with a Windows program. Right now we do this by communicating over the network, but that seems to be too slow.

I tried PearPC several months ago, but that didn't seem to work. Are there any other options?


Solution

  • Have you tried using a different Common Lisp runtime for Windows? RMCL is a Common Lisp. That means theoretically there's a standard that all of the Common Lisps follow.

    That said, if you're taking advantage of RMCL's access to Carbon, then you're unlikely to ever get your program to work on Windows without a lot of porting.