Software house CEC is strengthening its ties with Gold Hill Computers Inc; it has invested in the Cambridge, Massachusetts company, has acquired Gold Hill technology, and will also become distributor its entire range of products; first up will be a Japanese version of Golden Common Lisp 386 Developer and the GCLRun run-time system, to be implemented for the NEC PC9800 series and Japanese AT-alikes by end of the year; next spring the GWRun run-time system for GoldWorks will also be converted into Japanese for the PC9800 line.