The first CEO was Tony Slocum, formerly of IntelliCorp; and Gabriel was Lucid's Chief Technical Officer (CTO) and first president.
Initial successEdit
The product the company ultimately shipped was an integrated Lisp IDE for Sun Microsystems' RISC hardware architecture—this sidestepped the principal failure of Lisp machines by in essence rewriting a lesser version of the Lisp machine IDE for use on a more cost-effective and less moribund architecture. In 1987, Gabriel resigned as President, but remained its CTO.
DeclineEdit
Eventually Lucid's focus shifted (during the AI Winter) from the Lisp market (which was still growing at this time) to an object-oriented IDE for C++ called "Energize". A core component of the IDE was Richard Stallman's version of Emacs, GNU Emacs. GNU Emacs was not suitable for Lucid's needs, however, and several Lucid programmers (including Jamie W. Zawinski) were assigned to help develop GNU Emacs to meet those needs. Friction arose between the programmers and Stallman, and Lucid forked the software—thus they were primarily responsible for the birth of XEmacs.[2]
By 1994, Lucid's attempts to reinvent itself as a C++ company, and its neglect of its still profitable Lisp sideline had ended in failure, and the company's revenues fell to levels which could not sustain it. Lucid Incorporated went bankrupt.[citation needed] The rights to Lucid Common Lisp were sold to Harlequin Ltd. which was bought in 1999 by Global Graphics; Global Graphics then sold the rights to Xanalys Corporation, which spun off LispWorks, the current rights holder which sells Lucid Common Lisp under the "Liquid Common Lisp"[3] label.
ReferencesEdit
^Steele, Guy L.; Gabriel, Richard P. (1996), Bergin, Thomas J.; Gibson, Richard G. (eds.), "The evolution of Lisp", History of programming languages---II, New York, NY, USA: ACM, pp. 233–330, doi:10.1145/234286.1057818, ISBN978-0-201-89502-5, retrieved 2023-05-02
^Zawinski, Jamie (2000). "The Lemacs/FSFmacs Schism". from the original on 2009-11-30. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
^"Liquid Common Lisp". Lispworks.com. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
External linksEdit
Patterns of Software- a collection of essays by Gabriel, including some memoirs about Lucid (pdf)
Collection of Lucid's Source Code — Includes Lucid Common Lisp, Energize (incomplete), Lucid Emacs.
October 23, 2023
lucid, this, article, about, 1984, 1994, software, company, other, companies, lucid, disambiguation, lucid, incorporated, menlo, park, california, based, computer, software, development, company, founded, richard, gabriel, 1984, went, bankrupt, 1994, industrys. This article is about the 1984 1994 software company For other companies see Lucid disambiguation Lucid Incorporated was a Menlo Park California based computer software development company Founded by Richard P Gabriel 1 in 1984 it went bankrupt in 1994 Lucid Inc IndustrySoftware industryFounded1984 39 years ago 1984 Defunct1994 29 years ago 1994 FateBankruptcy 1994 HeadquartersMenlo Park CaliforniaKey peopleRichard P Gabriel Scott Fahlman Rodney BrooksProductsLucid Common Lisp Energize Lucid Emacs Contents 1 History 1 1 Initial success 1 2 Decline 2 References 3 External linksHistory EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed April 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message The first CEO was Tony Slocum formerly of IntelliCorp and Gabriel was Lucid s Chief Technical Officer CTO and first president Initial success Edit The product the company ultimately shipped was an integrated Lisp IDE for Sun Microsystems RISC hardware architecture this sidestepped the principal failure of Lisp machines by in essence rewriting a lesser version of the Lisp machine IDE for use on a more cost effective and less moribund architecture In 1987 Gabriel resigned as President but remained its CTO Decline Edit Eventually Lucid s focus shifted during the AI Winter from the Lisp market which was still growing at this time to an object oriented IDE for C called Energize A core component of the IDE was Richard Stallman s version of Emacs GNU Emacs GNU Emacs was not suitable for Lucid s needs however and several Lucid programmers including Jamie W Zawinski were assigned to help develop GNU Emacs to meet those needs Friction arose between the programmers and Stallman and Lucid forked the software thus they were primarily responsible for the birth of XEmacs 2 By 1994 Lucid s attempts to reinvent itself as a C company and its neglect of its still profitable Lisp sideline had ended in failure and the company s revenues fell to levels which could not sustain it Lucid Incorporated went bankrupt citation needed The rights to Lucid Common Lisp were sold to Harlequin Ltd which was bought in 1999 by Global Graphics Global Graphics then sold the rights to Xanalys Corporation which spun off LispWorks the current rights holder which sells Lucid Common Lisp under the Liquid Common Lisp 3 label References Edit Steele Guy L Gabriel Richard P 1996 Bergin Thomas J Gibson Richard G eds The evolution of Lisp History of programming languages II New York NY USA ACM pp 233 330 doi 10 1145 234286 1057818 ISBN 978 0 201 89502 5 retrieved 2023 05 02 Zawinski Jamie 2000 The Lemacs FSFmacs Schism Archived from the original on 2009 11 30 Retrieved 2009 12 12 Liquid Common Lisp Lispworks com Retrieved 2013 06 10 External links EditPatterns of Software a collection of essays by Gabriel including some memoirs about Lucid pdf Letter to Chris DiBona and Tim O Reilly Open letter by Gabriel written about the XEmacs fork in response to the description of the fork in Open Sources Voices from the Open Source Revolution 1 Collection of Lucid s Source Code Includes Lucid Common Lisp Energize incomplete Lucid Emacs Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lucid Inc amp oldid 1161307975, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
