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From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: Beginner ? - What is 'uses'
Message-ID: <1991Feb7.173601.9840@Think.COM>
Date: 7 Feb 91 17:36:01 GMT
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In article <21436@hydra.gatech.EDU> griffin@prism.gatech.EDU (GRIFFIN,JEFFREY A) writes:
>I am reading a book which has some sample LISP code in it.  I am also learning
>LISP.  It has the following line of code in many of the sections:
>
>      (uses 'prog-name)
>
>Is this a standard LISP function?  I am using VAX LISP.  Any help would be 
>appreciated.  Thanks in advance for the help.

It's not a standard Common Lisp function.  Does your book say what dialect
of Lisp it uses?

My guess is that USES is similar to Common Lisp's REQUIRE (which the ANSI
committee is not currently planning on including in the standard).
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Barry Margolin, Thinking Machines Corp.

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