[PLUG] Programming in Common Lisp

[Russell Senior]

>>>>> "Rich" == Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> writes:

Rich>   As some of you may recall, I'm porting some artifical
Rich> intelligence modeling code (in C) from Windows to linux. I'm
Rich> wondering if Common Lisp would be a better language for this
Rich> type of application.

It depends on the modeling code.  Common Lisp is good for lots of
different kind of programming, not just AI stuff.  There is some stuff
it isn't particularly good for.

Rich>   Has anyone here had experience with CL? 

Yes.

Rich> Can applications written in it be linked to data stored in, for
Rich> example, a postgres database?

Yes.  E.g.: 

   <http://www.pmsf.de/resources/lisp/MaiSQL.html>

and its cousins.

Rich> What UI tools are avaialable for it?

Yes, but I don't have any direct experience with them.

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