Kamil Rytarowski <n...@gmx.com> wrote: >On 20.12.2018 17:58, Jason Thorpe wrote: >> >> >>> On Dec 20, 2018, at 8:52 AM, Terry Moore <t...@mcci.com> wrote: >>> >>> Kamil Rytarowski wrote: >>>>> While I agree that it’s not exactly difficult to maintain the a.out exec >>>>> package, I do wonder if there is anyone out there actually running >>>>> ancient a.out binaries. >>>>> >>>> >>>> NetBSD 0.9 i386 a.out yes. >>> >>> Here, too. >> >> Well, then you have my sympathies, my admiration, and my curiosity all at >> the same time! >> >> No, seriously, what ancient binaries are you running? (Ok, I admit, it's >> pretty cool that it still works after all this time...) >> >> -- thorpej >> > >https://github.com/krytarowski/franz-lisp-netbsd-0.9-i386
Maybe worth pointing out that to use that package you would also need an a.out gcc toolchain. The Lisp compiler generates C that you then compile and link into the running Lisp executable.