Topic: future of lisp in acd

[LE3]

Having said that, I don't believe the lack of ActiveX documentation is any indicator of AutoDesk intent regarding continuation of the availability of Lisp ;
It's more a reflection of AutoDesks typical disregard of developers.

I'm sure the developers are OK for the most part - they are using dotNET and/or ObjectARX to do their thing so the ActiveX documentation is rendered moot.  Its more the CAD Support personnel doing casual/in-house development work that are affected.

even vital lisp was incomplete - don't recall having a full info or help.... btw (wonder if all that activex basis did, could be much easier if it is ported to simple arx and then export functions from there as normal autolisp - maybe adesk guys will end up doing this to be use from the mac side).

[Jeff H]

From an ex-lisper, and what all said about Rock n' Roll....
Here it is for you Lispers the port of an old song-code - Have fun:

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AutoLisp 'n VLisp is here to stay,
it will never die
It was meant to be that way,
................
...............
............


You can't help but sing that in a cool way.

[MP]

You can't help but sing that in a cool way.

"uh uh uh, uh uh uh uh uh ..."

[BlackCADDER]

Same argument pops up every couple of releases.
I recon it gets started by the jealous microstation lovers

[dgorsman]

Same argument pops up every couple of releases.
I recon it gets started by the jealous microstation lovers

My vote goes for customizers newly indoctrinated into VBA or dotNET or whatever the latest "new" thing is.  Nobody more zealous than a recent convert.

[cmwade77]

I think LISP will be around for a long time to come. It is simple to learn, compared to many other options, it works well and maintains compatibility between releases. You can still use LISP on the Mac as well, although some functions do not work (yet, I think they will add more as time goes on). It makes AutoCAD far more useful and more importantly easier to market, which to AutoDesk means $$$.

So, really, it makes sense to me that they will keep it for a long time.

[jbuzbee]

wonder if all that activex basis did, could be much easier if it is ported to simple arx and then export functions from there as normal autolisp

VL.arx

[LE3]

wonder if all that activex basis did, could be much easier if it is ported to simple arx and then export functions from there as normal autolisp

VL.arx

The Activex or ATL COM they did it is compiled as .arx extension - was commenting about that.