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Date:Mon Nov 18 11:27:24 1992 
Subject:Re: FTP'able pop for msdos 
From:Steve Knight 
Volume-ID:921119.02 

Chris writes:
> Pop is available
> 	* inside Poplog, which runs on various Unix engines and VMS; perhaps
> 	some other systems which Aaron or Steve can remind me of;
> 	* as AlphaPop, which runs on the Mac;

For the benefit of netters who aren't familiar with the Pop family, I'd
like to add that POP-11 (Poplog's version) is currently viewed as the
most advanced and "definite" version.  However, there's an interesting
Expert System development environment called MUSE which uses a Pop
variant:  PopTalk -- a commercial object-oriented Pop derivative 
available from Cambridge Consultants.  I think PopTalk is written in C
and is therefore likely to be portable to a variety of platforms.  But
I've no up to date info on this & I don't think that CCL is on the net.
When I am recovered from this wretched cold I'll make an effort to 
chase up this info and add it to the proto-FAQ.

> There's also a Pop look-a-bit-like called Glo (Glow?) 

Definitely called GLOW.  Definitely on the PC.  Reviewed in the UK section
which is why no one spotted it.  

> Some person somwhere was rumoured to be doing a Pop look-fairly-like called
> Saffron, or Karl, or Salt. Something like that. But I don't think they've done
> anything with it recently. Lazy frogs.

So, Chris, when is Pepper going public?  (Karl??  Oh, Karl Popper.)

Steve