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From: barmar@leander.think.com (Barry Margolin)
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Subject: Re: CLtL, 2nd edition
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Date: 11 Nov 89 23:55:54 GMT
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In article <6406@merlin.usc.edu> malczews@girtab.usc.edu (Frank Malczewski) writes:
>Would someone please post some information with respect to how the revised
>CLtL fits into the general Common Lisp scheme of things?  E.g., does it reflect
>the ANSI CL?  Do any current CL implementations follow the revisions/clarifications
>in the new CLtL?  [, does MACL 1.3 follow this revision, or is that
>going to wait for 2.0?]

The only changes to the original text in CLtL2 will be to fix typos, bad
grammar, and obvious technical errors.  The work of the ANSI CL committee
is reflected in set-off sections that describe how a feature would be
changed by adoption of an X3J13 proposal.  There are also new chapters
describing the new, large features being added to the language (the
condition system, full-featured LOOP, and a brief description of CLOS
(referring the reader to Sonya Keene's book for more info)).  There will
also be an appendix about Dick Waters's Sequence Expression facility, which
is not being adopted at this time.
Barry Margolin, Thinking Machines Corp.

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