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The July 1987 issue of Computer Language magazine reviewed half a dozen Lisp implementations for MS-DOS and the Macintosh. There are a few I didn't know such as TransLISP by Solution Systems.
@amoroso Whoa... A computer magazine from the 80s devoted to programming that I have never heard of? It must not have landed at any of the newsstands or libraries I had access to in my part of the country. It seems like they had a good run:
https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102660982
@cstanhope Back in the day I didn't know much about the magazine either.
@amoroso #commonlisp #lisp
there is also its "Exotic Language of the Month Club" on page 99: CRL, a knowledge representation language (implemented in Common Lisp). Then the PowerLisp ad on page 62. SCOOPS on page 49ff. The KEEConnection ad on page 23ff. The "Personal Consultant Plus" (written in PC Scheme) ad from TI with support for the TI Explorer Lisp Machine on page 6/7. The GoldWorks ad on page 145. Plus: a bunch of Prolog articles...
@symbolics I noticed too, those old magazines are a goldmine.
@amoroso Gold Hill still has a web site, but I don't know how many people actually use their CL these days. The copyright on the web site hasn't been updated since 2001, but I don't want to overread that. http://www.goldhill-inc.com/main.html
@wm_annis It's difficult to tell whether the company is still in business despite the website.