Whither .NET Lisp by Franz?

Here's a short email conversation about whether or not a .NET version of Franz Lisp exists. This started with a comment posted to this blog by Zach Beane (who apparently thinks I'm a "Smug Lisp Weenie." Is this a Good Thing? See the July 18 entry on his Live Journal blog).

Zach mentioned a posting on Google Groups discussing the existence of a .NET Lisp. I sent the following message to the author, Duane Rettig of Franz, Inc.:

I just read your discussion on the (lack of) virtues for targeting the .NET CLR for a Lisp implementation (http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=47kp4j52c.fsf%40beta.franz.com).

Based on the date of your post, and that the study you referenced was two years old then, it's been four years since that study.

Has the CLR moved any closer to being Lisp-ready? Does Franz have any current plans to implement a .NET Lisp?

Thanks for your time.

Here is Duane's response:

We are researching it. I am not a part of that research, and I am getting ready for vacation (you just caught me before going out the door), so you might want to broaden your query to either sales@franz.com or support@franz.com. If you have our product, you can also ask your account representative directly.

Duane

So, per Duane's suggestion, I asked the same question of Franz' support team. Here's their response:

Thanks for your question. We are looking at ways to interface .Net with Allegro CL, but have not made any recent formal news announcements about it at this time. If you have special needs or things you'd like to see happen in this area, please let us know.

So, they're looking into it, but have nothing to report.

Too bad.