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February 15, 1999
For Immediate Release
Digitool Releases CLIM 2.0
Cambridge, MA, Feb 15, 1999
Digitool today released CLIM 2.0 for MCL, a MacOS implementation of the Common Lisp Interface Manager, a cross-platform user interface management system. CLIM provides a complete platform-independent windowing system having declarative layout control, context sensitive input, and interaction via mouse, menu, and keyboard.
Digitool's CLIM is sold as an add-on to their flagship product MCL 4.2, a development environment for intelligent systems. When combined with your Macintosh, MCL and CLIM form a superior framework for developing intelligent multi-platform applications.
MCL is an optimizing native code compiler for Common Lisp, an advanced computer programming language developed at the request of DARPA, and standardized (ANSI X3.226) in 1994 by the American National Standards Institute. CLOS, the Common Lisp Object System, thus became the first-ever standardized computer language for object programming.
The Common Lisp language benefits from forty years of continuous evolution and refinement. It is ideally suited for rapid development of complex systems, and for projects where just a few programmers must produce intelligent systems of high sophistication and reliability. MCL is a direct descendant of one of the first Common Lisp implementations created in 1985.
Digitool provides CLIM and Common Lisp implementations exclusively for Macintosh computers. CLIM and Common Lisp are available from established vendors for many computer platforms.
CLIM and MCL are priced at $250 and $345, respectively, for single-copy licenses. Lower prices are available for educational institutions and full-time students, with prices as low as $85 for a single copy of MCL with the student discount. Subscriptions, site licenses, and source code are also available.
For information, contact:
Digitool, Inc.
P.O. Box 425550
Cambridge, MA 02142
USA
voice: 617-441-5000
fax: 617-576-7680
email: info@digitool.com
web: http://www.digitool.com/
December 22, 1997
Digitool ships MCL 4.2 for PowerPC and MCL 3.3 for 68k.
December 12, 1997
MCL 4.1 is a MacWorld & MacUser Editor's Choice Finalist in the category of Best Rapid Development Tool.
May 6, 1997
Digitool ships MCL 4.1 for PowerPC and MCL 3.2 for 68K.
March 12, 1997
Digitool Applied Technologies runs Interactive Directory of Internet World, LA.
January 15, 1997
Digitool Applied Technologies releases InfoStop 1.0b2 for building smart citywide directory sites.
October 22, 1996
Digitool makes a Demo Version of MCL 4.0 freely available on the net.
September 24, 1996
MCL 4.0 Demo Version is available as a beta release for MCL 3.9 customers.
August 7, 1996
At Macworld Boston, Digitool demonstrates MCL 4.0 and Apple ships PowerPC native Dylan (ported by Digitool).
Now PowerPC-native and available for only $39.95 ($59.95 with hardcopy documentation)!
Dylan (short for dynamic language) is a language which was developed by Apple. Dylan is a new Object Oriented Dynamic Language (OODL). It combines the features of static languages (small, fast programs) with those of dynamic languages (rapid development, easily maintainable code). The goal of the language is to support a high level of programmer productivity, while still allowing the efficient delivery of applications and libraries.
Apple has been encouraging Dylan implementations for all platforms. Ports for several platforms are underway, including ports for MS Windows, Unix, and OS/2. Perhaps most exciting, however, is the news that Apple contracted Digitool to port the Apple Dylan Technology Release to the PowerPC and it is now available from the Apple Developer Catalogue.
For more information on Dylan, please refer to Apple's Dylan site.
May 10, 1996
Digitool, Inc. ships PowerPC-native MCL to its customers and includes a demo of the Apple Dylan environment also running PowerPC-native! Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 23:31:13 -0500
Dear members of the MCL community,
In the interest of getting a PowerPC native MCL to our valued customers at the earliest opportunity, Digitool will ship in late April, a "Customer Release" of MCL-PPC called MCL-PPC 3.9.
MCL-PPC 3.9 "Customer Release" is a fast, feature-complete, and stable PowerPC-native implementation. It does not incorporate, however, optimizations we have in mind, or our best efforts responding to specific optimization requests from the MCL user community.
Still MCL-PPC 3.9 runs the Gabriel benchmarks an average of 3.3 times faster on a 9500 than MCL 3.0 on a Quadra 950. It runs our CLOS benchmarks 3.5 times faster, factorial 7 times faster, compiles and loads files 1.7 times faster, and scrolls text twice as fast.
Comparative benchmarks between MCL-PPC 3.9, MCL 3.0, and MCL 2.0.1 can be found at:
http://www.digitool.com/benchmarks.html
The MCL-PPC "Customer Release" will be available *only* to MCL 3.0 customers and *only* from Digitool. Please do not contact APDA or Apple about MCL-PPC "Customer Release". They will have no information about it. If you are a MCL 2.x user, upgrade now to MCL 3.0 which _is_ available from APDA.
The "Customer Release" will be available at the MCL-PPC upgrade price and will consist of a CD with complete and updated on-line documentation ("Getting Started with MCL" and "MCL 3.9 Reference").
Within three months after the "Customer Release," Digitool will ship MCL-PPC 4.0, which will include:
- Performance tuned MCL-PPC
- Printed documentation
- Updated PowerPC-native user contributions
Users of MCL-PPC 3.9 "Customer Release" will automatically receive MCL-PPC 4.0 for free.
Orders for the MCL-PPC "Customer Release" can be placed with Digitool now by using the updated order form at:
http://www.digitool.com/order-general.html
Again, please do not contact APDA about the MCL-PPC "Customer Release."
Thank you for your continued support of MCL. PowerPC native MCL is right around the corner! We are certain you will enjoy working with it as much as we have enjoyed working on it.
Sincerely,
Hazem Sayed
Digitool, Inc. ______________________________________________________________________________
One Main Street 7th Floor Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
World Wide Web: http://www.digitool.com/
Tel: 617 441-5000 Fax: 617 576-7680
April 3, 1996
Digitool, Inc. to ship at end of month MCL 3.9 "Customer Release", a PowerPC native MCL for MCL 3.0 customers only.
December 15, 1995
Digitool, Inc. to port Apple's Dylan Technology Release to PowerPC MCL! Check out the full text of the announcement.
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 00:34:30 -0800
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From: russd@apple.com (Russ Daniels)
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Subject: Apple Dylan to go PowerPC native
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December 15, 1995
Dear Developers,
Apple Computer, Inc. is happy to announce an agreement with Digitool, Inc. to provide a native Power Macintosh version of the Dylan Technology Release. Under contract with Apple, Digitool is porting the Apple Dylan TR to its PowerPC implementation of Macintosh Common Lisp (MCL). Digitool's responsibility is strictly the port of the Dylan TR, which remains an Apple product. Digitool expects to complete the port by the next Macworld Expo in Boston.
With the recent release of the Apple Dylan TR, the mailing list for its seed users, "discuss-dylan", will be merged with the general Dylan discussion list, "info-dylan". If you were a seed user of Apple Dylan, thank you for your contribution to the cause. We encourage you to participate in the public Dylan forum with its many new members, sharing your experiences, hopes, frustrations, and suggestions.
We also encourage all Mac developers to try out the Apple Dylan TR (available from APDA for $39.95) and experience the new standard for Object-Oriented Dyanmic Languages that Dylan sets.
We look forward to your comments on info-dylan@cambridge.apple.com.
Russ Daniels,
Apple Computer, Inc.
russd@apple.com
August 25, 1995
Patch 2 is now available for MCL 3.0.
August 8-11, 1995
MCL well represented at Macworld Boston, with 3rd-party demos from IS Robotics, MIT AI Lab, University of Wuerzburg, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and MIT Medial Lab. Apple and Digitool jointly announced availability of MCL 3.0.
MCL (Macintosh Common Lisp)
3rd party demos at Macworld Boston 1995
IS Robotics: was founded in 1990 to develop and market the technology for smart machines. Exciting new software concepts developed by one of the founders, Prof. Rodney Brooks, Associate Director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab, have been used successfully to create autonomous operation and intelligent behavior in robots--both real and virtual.
- L: a development environment that brings the power of Common Lisp to embedded systems.
- Persona: an intelligent character authoring system that will allow game developers to produce the next generation artificially intelligent CD-ROM based interactive games.
- http://www.isx.com/
Mac CL-HTTP: a Common Lisp based World Wide Web server developed by John Mallery at the MIT AI Lab.
- CL-HTTP was originally developed in 1994 for use in White House systems for electronic publication, public WWW access, and the Vice President's Open Meeting on the National Performance Review.
- "Today, wide-area information networks are where the action is. Programming languages without multiple threads and TCP/IP interfaces are dinosaurs. We could run CL-HTTP in MCL 3.0 because it supports multithreading and provides a high-quality TCP/IP interface. Next to the Lisp Machine, MCL has the best networking facilities of any common lisp available today."
- Mac CL-HTTP is in beta test use at MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory; MIT Media Lab; University of Wuerzburg, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory; Mitre Corporation; Rocky Mountain Engineering; Digitool, Inc.; Apple Computer, Cambridge Research Lab; CYC Corporation; Daimler-Benz Aerospace; and a number of other university and industry sites around the world.
- Forthcoming features for CL-HTTP include:
- Secure, international passwords based on MD5.
- Log analysis tools.
- Presentation-based form processing.
- Constraint-guided WWW walker and URL remapper.
- Caching proxy server.
- Light-weight collaboration systems for argument-structured conversations, design rationales, or code distribution/development.
- Secure HTTP with RSA public key crypto.
- WWW client linked to server.
- http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/iiip/doc/cl-http/home-page.html
D3: an expert system toolkit developed at the University of Wuerzburg, Germany.
- D3 specializes in classification problem solving. As a particular feature, D3 allows domain experts to construct and maintain knowledge bases independently without the help of a knowledge engineer. D3 can be used in a graphical consultation environment written in Common Lisp and a portable GUI-package under MacOS or MS-WINDOWS 3.X/NT. The interface to CL-HTTP allows D3 to run on a dedicated classification server and to be used on any platform offering a WWW-client.
- http://wi6a76.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/HTMLs/ls6-info/Assis/poeck/poeck.html
Intelligent Tutoring Systems: developed at the University of Massachusetts, Center for Knowledge Communication, directed by Dr. Beverly Woolf.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support Tutor (ACLS) for Emergency Room Personnel, Chris Eliot.
- This system teaches medical personnel ACLS by creating a realistic multimedia simulation, as supervised by an expert system encoded with the approved medical protocols.
- The system demonstrates the ability to integrate accurate clinical simulations with multimedia technology and knowledge-based reasoning to implement a powerful learning environment.
- Biotechnology Tutor for Basics of Protein Synthesis, Dan Neiman.
- This system is intended for explaining basic concepts in biochemistry using multimedia, sprite-based animation, and hypertext. Currently, the tutor illustrates the concepts behind prokaryote protein synthesis by allowing the student to interactively manipulate the entities (ribosomes, amino acids, mRNA, and initiation factors) involved in synthesis.
- Math Tutor.
- This system is intended to give remedial instruction in fraction arithmetic geared especially towards adult students for whom traditional classroom pedagogy has failed. Imbedded in the tutor are several levels of scaffolding to accommodate students' individual learning styles.
- http://www.cs.umass.edu/~ckc/
CLASP: the Common Lisp Analytical Statistics Package was developed at the University of Massachusetts in the Experimental Knowledge Systems Laboratory, directed by Dr. Paul R. Cohen. CLASP for the Macintosh is a version customized by Matt Schmill and Dave Hart.
- CLASP for the Macintosh is a data manipulation and statistical analysis package written in Macintosh Common Lisp. While providing many of the capabilities and statistical tools commonly found in Macintosh statistical packages, CLASP for the Macintosh has the important advantage of being embedded in the Common Lisp programming language - within the CLASP environment the user can write Common Lisp functions to do many special purpose activities or sophisticated statistical procedures not included in CLASP.
- http://eksl-www.cs.umass.edu/clasp.html
StarLogo: developed by Mitchel Resnick at the MIT Media Laboratory.
- StarLogo is a programmable modeling environment for exploring the behaviors of decentralized systems, such as ant colonies, traffic jams, and market economies. It is designed especially for use by students.
- StarLogo is an extension of the Logo programming language, and is particularly well-suited for Artificial Life investigations and explorations of probabilistic and statistical phenomena.
- StarLogo was written using Macintosh Common Lisp and assembly language. Object-oriented dynamic languages like Lisp and CLOS allowed the programmers to spend most of their time debugging code rather than writing it. MCL's interface with the Mac Toolbox and foreign function libraries allowed the developers to utilize all of their available resources to make a robust and speedy application. A version based on PPC assembler is coming soon.
- http://el.www.media.mit.edu/groups/el/Projects/starlogo
Digitool, Inc.
One Main Street - 7th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
Telephone: 617-441-5000 / Fax: 617-576-7680
THIS RELEASE MOVED OVER PR NEWSWIRE ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1995
For Immediate Release
Apple and Digitool Ship Macintosh Common Lisp 3.0
MACWORLD, Boston-August 8, 1995-Apple Computer, Inc. and Digitool, Inc. today announced availability of the Macintosh Common Lisp (MCL) 3.0 programming language, and associated products addressing the needs of MCL developers. An enhanced version for Motorola 680X0-based Apple(r) Macintosh(r) computers, MCL 3.0 is the first product resulting from last November's technology development agreement between Apple and Digitool. MCL 3.0 is the first milestone leading to Digitool's Power Macintosh(tm) native version, expected in early 1996.
"As a result of a joint effort between Apple and Digitool, MCL 3.0 exemplifies the spirit of cooperation that Apple fosters with third-party vendors to provide breakthrough tools for the developer community," said Peter Christy, senior director of Apple's Development Products Group. "We are committed to delivering the tools Macintosh developers need, whether those tools come from Apple, or another vendor."
"We have made tremendous progress over the past six months with MCL on both technical and informational fronts," said Hazem Sayed, president of Digitool, Inc. "The MCL user community is now as vigorous as ever and there is increased awareness on the part of developers in general of the many advantages this dynamic development environment offers. With the upcoming native PowerPC(tm) implementation, the future of development choices for the Macintosh looks bright, indeed."
Common Lisp is an advanced programming language widely used in industry, education and research. Recognized by developers as a premier implementation of Common Lisp for personal computers, MCL's performance is comparable to Lisp running on high-end workstations. MCL 3.0 is the first MCL version to support concurrently running multiple processes within a program. An object-oriented dynamic language, MCL is ideally suited for quick application prototyping and provides high-level access to the Macintosh user interface, as well as a delivery environment for intelligent applications.
With MCL 3.0, Apple and Digitool are responding to key customer needs for smaller deliverable applications, an MCL runtime compiler and more affordable pricing. MCL 3.0 creates fully customized applications called Lisp Development Systems, which may be distributed to other MCL users in a site-license agreement, or packaged with copies of MCL for commercial distribution.
In addition, freely distributable, standalone applications may be produced with MCL Redistribution Kits. Through a special application generator utility, users may use MCL's Redistribution Kit to create distributable applications of reduced disk footprint; standalone applications now can occupy 450K to 900K less disk space than their Lisp Development System counterparts produced in MCL 3.0.
MCL 3.0 is designed to meet the demands of developers who require extensive network and multithreading interfaces. World Wide Web site development is one example of an application that takes advantage of MCL's strengths. The Artificial Intelligence Lab at M.I.T. successfully used MCL 3.0 for the Macintosh port of CL-HTTP, the lab's WWW server, originally developed on Symbolics computers for government applications.
"We see the Mac port of CL-HTTP as the first step towards much wider public access, via MCL, to tools used for developing and deploying several major information highway applications," said John Mallery, research scientist, M.I.T. AI Lab. "Web applications are becoming more sophisticated as they endeavor to help people more intelligently manage floods of information unleashed by the current revolution in global computer networks. Better programming tools like MCL are going to separate the winners from the also-rans."
Configurations
MCL 3.0
This includes a CD-ROM complete with user-contributed code (tools, applications and tutorials), developer tools provided by Apple, and digital versions of all documentation -"Getting Started with MCL," "MCL Reference," and "Supplement to CL Reference." Hard copy documentation is also included.Identical in software content and capability to MCL 3.0, this value-priced edition is available to individuals and students who use MCL at home, in companies or in universities.
MCL 3.0 Champion Edition
Identical in software content and capability to MCL 3.0, this value-priced edition is available to individuals and students who use MCL at home, in companies or in universities.
MCL 3.0 Redistribution Kit (beta release)
This includes a utility, called MCL-AppGen, for creating MCL Distributable Applications with a reduced disk footprint, and a license to distribute an unlimited number of these applications, royalty free.
MCL Compiler Redistribution Kit (beta release)
For use when shipping applications (such as scriptable Computer Aided Design packages and new programming languages) that call the MCL compiler at runtime, this kit includes both the MCL compiler as a separate module and a license to incorporate it in an unlimited number of MCL Distributable Applications, royalty free.
Pricing and Availability
MCL Version 3.0 is now available to companies and educational institutions for U.S. $595 and U.S. $475, respectively, through APDA(r), Apple's source for development tools and related programming products. MCL 3.0 is also available to individuals and students for U.S. $295 and U.S. $135, respectively, from Digitool. Both APDA and Digitool are distributing the MCL Compiler Redistribution Kit for U.S. $2000, and the MCL Redistribution Kit for U.S. $400, with discounts for educational customers and students. Upgrades to MCL 3.0 are available for current users from both organizations for U.S. $135 (commercial users), U.S. $108 (educational institutions and personal users) and U.S. $75 (student users).
Digitool, based in Cambridge, MA, is a software development company formed by the principals of Paradigm Software, Inc. and staffed by former employees of Apple's MCL development team.
Apple Computer, Inc., a recognized pioneer and innovator in the information industry, creates powerful solutions based on easy-to-use personal computers, servers, peripherals, software, online services, and personal digital assistants. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) develops, manufactures, licenses and markets products, technologies and services for the business, education, consumer, scientific & engineering and government markets in over 140 countries.
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Press Contacts:
Ali Morr Hazem Sayed
Stirling & Cohan Digitool, Inc.
(415)513-0982 (617)441-5000
Customer Information Contact: ADPA by telephone in the U.S. at (800)282-2732, in Canada at (800)637-0029 or internationally at (716)871-6555. Digitool may be contacted by telephone at (617)441-5000 or by email at "orders@digitool.com." Additional MCL 3.0 product information is available on Apple and Digitool's WWW home pages:
Apple: http://www.apple.com/ (and) Digitool: http://www.digitool.com/.
(c) 1995 Apple Computer, Inc. APDA, Apple, the Apple logo and Macintosh are registered trademarks and, Power Macintosh and Power PC are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Other companies and products referenced herein are trademarks or registered trademarks and are respectfully acknowledged.
June 28, 1995
MCL 3.0 ships. Special bundle offer of MCL 3.0 Upgrade and Redistribution Kit extended to 9/1/95.
May 25, 1995
Digitool announces pricing and availability details for MCL 3.0. New Champion Edition to make MCL 3.0 affordable to individuals and students. Check out the full text of the announcement:
Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 20:41:24 -0500
Subject: MCL 3.0 products, pricing, availability
PLEASE CROSS-POST WIDELY AS APPROPRIATE
MCL 3.0 is now slated to ship in June, 1995. The final testing period has been extended to assure the highest level of product reliability and compatibility with upcoming Macintosh hardware.
The following new information about the nature, availability, and pricing of MCL 3.0 products is provided for the benefit of the MCL community and supersedes prior announcements. It includes product and price information for MCL 3.0, the upgrade for existing customers, and the redistribution kits for MCL applications and the MCL compiler.
Of special note are new price categories for personal use of MCL. These are only available directly from Digitool, which is now taking orders from students and individuals. Commercial and educational institutions will continue to order from APDA, which will begin taking orders for MCL 3.0 products in the second week of June, 1995.
Thank you for your continued support of MCL.
Hazem Sayed
Digitool, Inc.
______________________________________________________________________________
One Main Street 7th Floor Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
World Wide Web: http://www.digitool.com/
Tel: 617 441-5000 Fax: 617 576-7680
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MACINTOSH COMMON LISP 3.0
PRODUCTS - PRICES - AVAILABILITY
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PRODUCTS
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MCL 3.0:
This is the first version of MCL that supports multiple processes, Apple's WorldScript, and the ability to create distributable applications of reduced disk footprint (with the optional MCL-AppGen utility included in the Redistribution Kit described below). By itself, MCL 3.0 creates fully customized applications designated as "Lisp Development Systems" which may not be distributed or sold other than as part of the distribution or sale of MCL itself (e.g. distribution within an MCL site-licensed institution or via the inclusion of a full MCL license with each Lisp Development System sold). With MCL-AppGen, MCL creates smaller "MCL Distributable Applications" as described below.
The MCL 3.0 package includes a CD-ROM and both on-line and hardcopy versions of the documentation: "Getting Started with MCL," "MCL Reference," and "Supplement to MCL Reference."
MCL 3.0 CHAMPION EDITION:
Identical in software content and capability to MCL 3.0, this reduced price edition is available only to individuals and students for championing the use of MCL at home, in companies, or universities. The Champion Edition package includes the same CD as in the MCL 3.0 product with complete on-line documentation and a hardcopy of the "Supplement to MCL Reference"; and is available only from Digitool. See below for qualifications and ordering details.
MCL 3.0 REDISTRIBUTION KIT (beta release):
This includes both a utility, called MCL-AppGen, for creating MCL Distributable Applications with a reduced disk footprint, and a license to distribute an unlimited number of such applications ROYALTY-FREE. MCL Distributable Applications created with MCL-AppGen will be nominally 500-800K smaller than their Lisp Development System counterparts.
The minimal 500K savings is achieved by the absence of the debugging tools (trace, step, backtrace, etc.), development tools (Apropos, Get Info dialog, etc.), listener windows, and the compiler from the MCL Distributable Application. An additional 300K of space savings is possible by the optional exclusion of the evaluator, macro definitions, and some other modules.
The MCL 3.0 Redistribution Kit with its license replaces the MCL 2.x Object Code Redistribution License, previously available through Apple Software Licensing.
MCL COMPILER REDISTRIBUTION KIT (beta release):
This includes both the MCL compiler as a separate module, and a license to incorporate it in an unlimited number of MCL Distributable Applications ROYALTY-FREE. The MCL Compiler Redistribution Kit is required only when shipping applications that call the MCL compiler at runtime. Good candidate applications for such use of the MCL compiler include scriptable CAD packages and new programming languages.
The MCL Compiler Redistribution Kit is not needed for creating Lisp Development Systems, as the MCL compiler is included with the MCL 3.0 product.
PRICES
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Licenses for MCL 3.0 and its Redistribution Kits will be available at price points for each of Commercial, Educational, Individual Champion, and Student Champion customer categories. The categories refer to the status of the owner of the license and not to how the license is used. For example, a company would purchase a "commercial" license even if it was distributing its MCL applications for free, while a university would purchase an "educational" license even if it were selling its MCL applications.
COMMERCIAL: applies to any incorporated or unincorporated business, organization or agency, whether for profit or not, other than an educational institution as defined below.
EDUCATIONAL: applies to any school, university, or educational center engaged in teaching and not simply in research (e.g. MIT is educational, Draper Labs is not). To qualify for an Educational price, the order must be paid for by the educational institution (not by a staff or faculty member).
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION: applies to any individual purchasing MCL for their own personal use. To qualify for an individual champion price, the order must be placed and paid for by the individual.
STUDENT CHAMPION: applies to a student registered at an educational institution as defined above. To qualify for the student price, the order must be placed and paid for by the student and accompanied by a copy of their current student ID.
Licenses for the commercial and educational customer categories will be available from APDA and its overseas representatives. Licenses for the individual and student champion customer categories will be available only from Digitool, Inc.
AVAILABILITY
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MCL 3.0, MCL 3.0 Champion Edition, and MCL 3.0 Upgrade will ship in June, 1995. The MCL Redistribution Kits will ship two weeks later as a beta release. Customers who purchase a Redistribution Kit beta release automatically receive the final release.
May 8, 1995
Digitool introduced MCL 3.0 at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose. New Redistribution Kits for MCL to generate smaller apps and to permit inclusion of the MCL compiler in shipping applications, ROYALTY-FREE!
April 1, 1995
MCL to generate smaller apps and to permit inclusion of the MCL compiler in shipping applications, ROYALTY-FREE! The announced delivery mechanisms to be part of new Redistribution Kits for the forthcoming MCL 3.0 in May 1995.
We Fool you not! Check out the full text of the announcement:
Mime-Version: 1.0
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 1995 14:30:59 -0500
Subject: MCL 3.0 Update 4/1
As part of its continued commitment to MCL as both a development and a delivery environment, Digitool will introduce mechanisms for reducing the size of deliverable MCL applications and for optionally including the MCL compiler in such applications.
Digitool is pleased to share with the MCL community preliminary information about these delivery mechanisms, the call for which has come recently from all reaches of the community. We hope that this information will help MCL users plan their upgrade strategy to MCL 3.0.
Along with MCL 3.0, Digitool will introduce in May 1995 a redistribution kit for MCL applications and a redistribution kit for the MCL compiler.
MCL 3.0:
This will ship as an application that includes all the components currently in MCL 2.0.1, such as the compiler, FRED, inspector, and debugging tools. However, MCL 3.0 will only create applications designated as "Lisp Development Systems." A Lisp Development System may NOT be distributed or sold other than as part of the distribution or sale of MCL itself (e.g. distribution within an MCL site-licensed institution or via the inclusion of a full MCL license with each Lisp Development System sold).
MCL 3.0 REDISTRIBUTION KIT:
This will include both a utility, called MCL-ALICE, for creating MCL Distributable Applications with a reduced footprint, and a license to distribute an unlimited number of such applications ROYALTY-FREE. MCL Distributable Applications created with MCL-ALICE will be nominally 500-800K smaller than their Lisp Development System counterparts.
A MCL Distributable Application will not include the debugging tools (trace, step, backtrace, etc.), development tools (apropos, edit-anything dialog, etc.), Listener, and compiler, hence the lower nominal savings. A MCL Distributable Application can also optionally not include Eval, macros, and some other modules, hence the greater possible savings.
The MCL 3.0 Redistribution Kit with its license will replace the $100 per year MCL 2.x Object Code Redistribution License - currently available from Apple Software Licensing - with an "EZ" one-time shrink-wrap redistribution license.
MCL COMPILER REDISTRIBUTION KIT:
This will include both the MCL compiler as a fasl file, and a license to incorporate it in an unlimited number of MCL Distributable Applications ROYALTY-FREE. The MCL Compiler Redistribution Kit, will be needed only when shipping applications that call the MCL compiler at runtime. Good candidate applications for such use of the MCL compiler include scriptable CAD packages and new programming languages.
The MCL Compiler Redistribution Kit will not be needed for creating Lisp Development Systems, as the MCL compiler will continue to be included in the MCL 3.0 product.
No pricing is announced as yet for the MCL 3.0 Redistribution Kit and the MCL Compiler Redistribution Kit.
Thank you to all the MCL users who participated in the impromptu discussion about application size and delivery issues over the past three weeks. Though Digitool has been working on the Redistribution Kits since January, the recent and timely debate has helped us clarify some priorities. Thank you again, but please don't expect a three-week turnaround on every user-requested feature!!!
Sincerely,
Hazem Sayed
Digitool, Inc.
______________________________________________________________________________
One Main Street 7th Floor Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
World Wide Web: http://www.digitool.com/
Tel: 617 441-5000 Fax: 617 576-7680
March 13, 1995
MCL well featured in MacWEEK article with quotes from Dave Yost of Apple and Don Mitchell of Proactive Solutions. Check out the full text of the ProductWATCH column.
January 4-7, 1995
Digitool demonstrated MCL at Macworld San Francisco. We showed the alpha version of MCL 3.0 and examples of applications developed with great advantage in MCL. Thank you to all the MCL users who stopped by and said hello at the show.
December 28, 1994
Digitool announced MCL 3.0 for 680x0 Macs to ship May 1995. Version 3.0 includes support for multiple processes and for Apple's WorldScript.
THIS RELEASE MOVED OVER PR NEWSWIRE ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1994
Contact:
Hazem Sayed, President
Digitool, Inc.
(617) 441-5000
Lloyd Benson
Cudaback Strategic Communications
(617) 478-2336
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DIGITOOL, INC. ANNOUNCES NEW VERSION OF MACINTOSH DEVELOPMENT TOOL
Enhancements To Be Introduced At MacWorld, San Francisco, Shipping Begins In May 1995
CAMBRIDGE, MA (December 28, 1994)--Digitool, Inc., the software firm that acquired the high-level programming language Macintosh Common Lisp (MCL), from Apple Computer Inc. (Nasdaq-NNM: AAPL) in November, announced today that it will introduce MCL Version 3.0 at MacWorld '95 in San Francisco on January 4, 1995. Version 3.0 will contain several important enhancements to MCL 2.0.1, the full implementation of the Common Lisp language currently used by programmers at universities, corporations and government agencies across the world. Shipping of MCL Version 3.0 is expected to begin in May, 1995.
Among the new features included in MCL 3.0 will be:
- Support for multiple processes, allowing for true multi-tasking applications.
- Support for Apple's WorldScript, allowing for easy program handling of foreign languages such as Japanese, Arabic, and Hebrew.
- New handy programming tools that increase programmer productivity.
- Functionality that will ensure a smooth transition to the subsequent release of MCL for the PowerPC environment as well as future Mac operating systems.
Pricing of MCL 3.0 for 680x0 Macs will be $595.00 per license, with a 20 percent discount for education. Ugrades to 3.0 will be $135.00 for customers who purchased MCL 2.0.1 prior to 11/1/94, and $75.00 for customers who purchased MCL 2.0.1. as of 11/1/94.
"Coming only roughly a month after our agreement with Apple, we at Digitool are delighted to announce these enhancements," said Hazem Sayed, president of Digitool. "Version 3.0 will improve on what is already a superb programming environment for the community of Macintosh developers. It is only the first of additional MCL products that Digitool is planning, and will serve as the stepping stone to the programming language that will ultimately serve PowerPC-based systems."
MCL is an object-oriented dynamic programming language that is widely recognized as the premier implementation of Common Lisp on personal computers, with performance comparable to Lisp workstations. MCL is ideally suited for quick application prototyping and provides a delivery environment for intelligent applications as well as high-level Macintosh interface access.
MCL 3.0 will be available beginning in May, 1995 through APDA, Apple's source for development tools and related programming products, including MCL 2.0.1. Developers should contact APDA for orders only and Digitool for product support and all other inquiries, using the following addresses and phone numbers:
APDA
Apple Computer, Inc.
P.O. Box 319
Buffalo, NY 14207-0319
800-282-2732 (U.S.A.)
800-637-0029 (Canada)
716-871-6555 (International)
716-871-6511 (Fax)
Digitool, Inc.
675 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-441-5000
617-576-7680 (Fax)
Digitool, based in Cambridge, MA, is a software development company formed by the principals of Paradigm Software, Inc. and staffed by former employees of Apple's MCL development team. In November, 1994, Digitool acquired the rights to MCL from Apple Computer, Inc. Under the agreement, Digitool took over the future development of MCL as well as providing for ongoing marketing and technical support of the programming language.
NOTE TO EDITORS: Apple, the Apple logo, APDA, and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. WorldScript is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. MCL is a trademark of Digitool, Inc.
Nov 10, 1994
Apple has licensed MCL to Digitool to take over future development, marketing, and tech support for Macintosh Common Lisp . Digitool is committed to delivering a PowerPC native version of MCL (yay!), as well as ongoing enhancements for both 68K and PPC.
Date: 10 Nov 1994 13:15:32 -0800
From: rick_fleischman@powertalk.apple.com (Rick Fleischman)
Subject: Apple Turns Over MCL Development to Digitool
To: announce-mcl@cambridge.apple.com
Contact:
Janet Spinks
Regis McKenna, Inc.
(408) 974-3886
Apple Turns Over Development of Macintosh Common Lisp to Digitool, Inc.
Digitool to Market and Support Macintosh Common Lisp, Provide Native Power Macintosh Version
Cupertino, California--November 10, 1994--As part of its program to accelerate the availability of developer tools for the Power Macintosh, and demonstrating its commitment to Macintosh Common Lisp (MCL) users, Apple Computer, Inc. today announced that it has licensed its MCL development software to Digitool, Inc. The purpose of the agreement is for Digitool to take over future development of MCL. Digitool has agreed to provide ongoing marketing and technical support for MCL, and to introduce next year a Power Macintosh version of the software, which will generate native PowerPC code.
Digitool also has agreed to continue further development of the version of MCL for Macintosh systems based on the Motorola 680x0 processors. Apple will continue to offer MCL through APDA, the company's source for developer tools.
"This agreement underscores Apple's ongoing commitment to the developer community to provide strong support for our developer tools and to allow developers to move their code forward to new hardware platforms and OS releases," commented Peter Christy, Apple's senior director of Developer Products Engineering. "With this agreement, Apple and Digitool will be working together to ensure a bright future for MCL on both the 680x0-based Macintosh and Power Macintosh."
Apple now expects that developers who have programs based on MCL code will be able to continue development efforts with the knowledge that their code can be ported to the Power Macintosh. In addition, developers will benefit by full support--and future enhancements--of the 680x0 version of MCL by Digitool.
"Digitool is very pleased with this new MCL responsibility," said Hazem Sayed, president and founder of Digitool. "MCL is in a league of its own as an implementation of the Common Lisp standard and object system. It has sold many Lisp users on the Macintosh and sold many Macintosh developers on Lisp. Now, as well as with our future release of a Power Macintosh native MCL, many of the large workstation-based Lisp systems developed in academe, aerospace, telecommunications, military, finance and medicine will find an unbeatable price/performance delivery platform."
Digitool, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a new software company formed by the principals of Paradigm Software, Incorporated, and staffed by former employees of Apple's MCL development team. Digitool's MCL development effort is partially funded by eleven corporate sponsors and MCL customers including Apple Computer, Inc., Flavors Technology, Inc., KyTek, Inc., Lissys Ltd., and the University of Basel.
Product Summary
Common Lisp is an advanced programming language widely used in industry and research. MCL is recognized as a premier implementation of Common Lisp on personal computers with performance comparable to Lisp workstations. An object-oriented dynamic language, MCL implements the ANSI Common Lisp Object System (CLOS) and includes an incremental compiler and application generator. MCL is ideally suited for quick application prototyping and provides a delivery environment for intelligent applications as well as high-level Macintosh interface access.
Availability and Pricing
MCL Version 2.0.1 is available for U.S. $495 through APDA, Apple's source for development tools and related programming products. Pricing for future versions will be announced upon product availability. Digitool also has announced that it will provide current users with the ability to upgrade to future versions at a reduced price. Site licenses for MCL are also available from APDA.
APDA publishes the APDA Tools Catalog which describes hundreds of Apple and third-party products. Developers should contact APDA for orders only and Digitool for product support and all other inquiries using the following addresses or phone numbers.
APDA
Apple Computer, Inc.
P.O. Box 319
Buffalo, NY 14207-0319
800-282-2732 (U.S.A.)
800-637-0029 (Canada)
716-871-6555 (International)
716-871-6511 (Fax)
Digitool, Inc.
675 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-441-5000
617-576-7680 (fax)
Apple Computer, Inc., a recognized pioneer and innovator in the information industry, creates powerful solutions based on easy to use personal computers, servers, peripherals, software, online services, and personal digital assistants. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) develops, manufactures, licenses and markets products, technologies and services for the business, education, consumer, scientific & engineering and government markets in over 140 countries.
Apple, the Apple logo, APDA and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Additional company and product names may be trademarks of the individual companies and respectfully acknowledged.
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 12:10:39 -0500
Subject: MCL now under Digitool
Dear MCL users
It brings me great pleasure to announce, on the behalf of Digitool Inc., plans for the continued development and support of Macintosh Common Lisp including its porting to the Power Macintosh. Digitool has taken over MCL from Apple Computer and we are committed to the long term success of Lisp in general and Lisp on the Macintosh in particular. Our plans and ongoing cooperation with Apple will assure not only the same level of product quality, but also a greater market presence for MCL.
Digitool would like to take this opportunity to thank the eleven corporate sponsors, whose financial backing secured this agreement and assures the completion of the port, and of whom we are able to mention Apple Computer, Inc., Flavors Technology, Inc., KyTek, Inc., Lissys Ltd., and the University of Basel. We would also like to thank the community of MCL users whose belief in MCL played no small part in realizing this agreement.
As Lisp devotees you are well aware of how under-appreciated Lisp is in certain circles. Well, we are dead set on changing that, and with your help we will prove that the GOOD GUYS CAN WIN.
Digitool is a new startup formed by principals of Paradigm Software Incorporated and former employees of Apple's MCL development team, including and most notably, Gary Byers, the main author of MCL's kernel and compiler.
Our goals are:
1) to port MCL to the Power PC platform.
2) to assure the long term viability and success of MCL as both a prototyping and delivery platform.
3) to keep MCL current with both developments in the Macintosh platform and the Lisp world, while maintaining the same level of product quality.
4) to provide the high quality of technical support MCL has been known for.
5) to pursue opportunities for MCL on new platforms and with new VARs and development partners.
6) to aggressively market MCL to the developer and academic communities.
In the same spirit that developed the Common Lisp standard, we will be very open with our plans for MCL. In the days and weeks to come we will outline our development, marketing and selling plans. We will set public goals for MCL and will actively encourage the MCL community in helping us achieve them.
We invite you to be equally open with your thoughts, suggestions and participation in MCL's future. Together, MCL can be a big win for everyone.
Again, thank you for your tenacious support of MCL and stay tuned for more news from Digitool.
Sincerely,
Hazem Sayed
President
Digitool, Inc.
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 00:00:41 -0500
Subject: 1st MCL Development Update
We have begun the port of MCL to the PowerPC platform, and hope to have it completed late next year. MCL for the Power Macintosh will be based on the as yet unreleased MCL 3.0.
In the first half of 1995, we expect to release MCL 3.0 for 680x0 Macs to include support for multiple threads, improved FRED text handling and display with WorldScript support, and new handy programming tools. Though this will not be a PowerPC native release, it will be a major step in that direction, with a considerable reduction of 680x0-specific code. More importantly for MCL users, version 3.0 will provide functionality to assure a smooth transition to future versions of the Mac OS with a high degree of cross-platform source code compatibility.
Specific new features will be announced as they are committed to.
Also planned for the first half of 1995 is a student edition of MCL with a target price of under $100. Nominations for an introductory Lisp book to accompany the student edition are welcome.
The price of MCL 3.0 for 680x0 Macs will be $595 per license. A 20% discount will be introduced for education. No price is announced for MCL for the PowerPC.
The upgrade to version 3.0 will be:
$135.00 for customers who purchased MCL 2.0.1 prior to November 1, 1994.
$75.00 for customers who purchased MCL 2.0.1 as of November 1, 1994.
Sincerely,
Hazem Sayed
President
Digitool, Inc.
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