IBM has added a Common Lisp Environment to the Expert System Environment for MVS/TSO users it announced last year (CI No 417), and like the Expert System product it comes in two parts, a Development and an Applications environment. IBM has also added the facility for artificial intelligence applications to access SQL-based databases – but users have to write their own access code. The Common Lisp Development Environment is $22,000 and $1,100 a month, the Application Environment is $10,000 and $599 a month. They join the Expert System Development Environment, $42,500 and $2,360 a month, and the Expert System Consultation Environment, $7,500 and $415 a month. US ships are set for March. In each case, both parts of the system are required for development, while only the latter part is needed for delivery.
IBM ADDS LISP TO ITS MVS EXPERT SYSTEM SHELL
