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From: mdixon@parc.xerox.com (Mike Dixon)
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Subject: Re: Please, where is my 68040 Allegro Common Lisp upgrade
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Date: 19 Jun 91 16:17:48 GMT
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i looked into this a little while ago and got the following explanation:
    a) franz has given ACL 3.1 to NeXT for distribution
    b) next will, as promised, send it out to people who upgraded
    c) unfortunately, they will distribute it with the upgrade to mathematica,
       which is not yet complete

sounds pretty stupid to me too.  i guess they want to save themselves
the cost of a second OD.  if this is all accurate, your lisp upgrade
will have to wait until the mathematica people get their act together.

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                                             .mike.