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From: djk@cs.columbia.edu (David Kurlander)
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Subject: Re: describe and describe-object
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Date: 27 Feb 91 01:02:18 GMT
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In-Reply-To: andreasg@ganglion.colorado.edu's message of 26 Feb 91 19:33:45 GMT

According to Steele II, describe-object is the method, and describe is
the regular function.  Lucid CLOS conforms to this.  Incidentally,
Keene's book states that describe is a method, but she appears to have
it wrong.

David