Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think!ames!sgi!arisia!lanning From: lanning@PARC.xerox.com (Stan Lanning) Newsgroups: comp.object Subject: Re: Object packages for Common Lisp? Message-ID: Date: 6 Dec 89 01:13:19 GMT References: <1145@creare.UUCP> <21116@mimsy.umd.edu> Sender: news@arisia.Xerox.COM Distribution: na Organization: Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, CA Lines: 32 In-reply-to: carm@tove.umd.edu's message of 5 Dec 89 19:24:21 GMT CLOS is a language spec. PCL is a (partial) implementation of that language. It is the result of a lot of work by Gregor Kiczales at Xerox PARC, along with help from a number of others at various institutions. PCL runs in at least the following lisps: Symbolics 7.2, 7.4 Coral 1.2 Lucid 3.0 IBCL (October 15, 1987) Allegro 3.0.1 Golden Common Lisp 3.1 EnvOS Medley CLOS is well on it's way to becoming _the_ OO system for CommonLisp. The CLOS spec contains the following comment: At the X3J13 meeting on June 15, 1988, the following motion was adopted: "The X3J13 Committee hereby accepts chapters 1 and 2 of the Common Lisp Object System, as defined in document 88-002R, for inclusion in the Common Lisp language being specified by this committee..." -- -- smL Stan Lanning lanning@parc.xerox.com Xerox PARC or 3333 Coyote Hill Road lanning.pa@xerox.com Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA (415)494-4880