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From: pavel@parcvax.Xerox.COM (Pavel Curtis)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: Lisp standard?
Message-ID: <606@parcvax.Xerox.COM>
Date: Fri, 6-Nov-87 00:00:50 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  6 00:00:50 1987
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The ANSI committee X3J13 was created to standardize the language
Common Lisp, as originally documented in "Common Lisp: the Language",
by Guy Steele.  It is generally recognized that Common Lisp is now and
will remain the primary standard for Lisp for the near future (say, a
decade).

You asked about a specification for what things are likely to remain
the same.  I recommend the book by Steele.  There is no better
specification right now.  Ongoing design and other questions take
place on the ARPAnet mailing list Common-Lisp@SAIL.Stanford.Edu.  This
list is not available on the USENET and is not likely to be made so.

	Pavel Curtis
	Xerox PARC
	Member, X3J13