Does newLISP run on XYZ operating system?
It probably does. newLISP has a minimum of dependencies; it only uses standard C libraries to compile. If your system has GNU tools such as the GCC compiler and the make utility, then newLISP should compile and link right away using one of the makefiles in its source distribution. newLISP is built using one of several makefiles, each written for a specific platform. There are no complex make scripts. The makefiles are short and easy to change and adapt if your platform or configuration is not included already.