3:22:59p_lThey intended to fully port over to Alpha, including FFI
3:25:14fittestbitsSeemed to me that at that time, PCs were under powered to run lisp with enough performance to compete with programs in C, plus, the people doing AI in lisp didn't have a killer app.
3:29:26p_lthere were killer apps, but not in the mass-market idea
3:31:09fittestbitsAgree on the AI winter ... DART?
3:32:35p_lfittestbits: an application that was credited with repaying (with interest) every cent DARPA ever spent on "AI"
3:33:13p_limplemented in few months, AFAIK, using Spice/CMU CL
3:42:23p_lIt helped organize Operation Desert Storm
3:43:50fittestbitsFound some info on DART - interesting application for AI - logistics. I can see how that would be a big deal.
3:44:17fittestbitsThanks for bringing it up. And for the suggestions on pathnames.
6:00:00houselWith the fix in the Mezzano PR I just submitted, quicklisp seems to be working (with the addition of some changes to the client that I just pushed to https://github.com/housel/quicklisp-client/tree/mezzano-port)