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LispWorks 5.1 Released

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LispWorks Ltd has released LispWorks 5.1, with a long list of improvements, see the release notes for all the gory details.

Sticking out for Mac users are the following improvements:

  • 64bit Version with full Cocoa support on Leopard
  • Services and Dock menu support in CAPI
  • LispWorks as a dynamic library (on Linux as well, Windows already had this support in 5.0)
  • Support for drag and drop of text and files

Windows users get:

  • OLE embedding i.e. LispWorks as ActiveX control
  • Documented windows registry access API
  • Support for drag and drop of text and files

General improvements:

  • Compiler optimization hints
  • Various IDE and CAPI improvements