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From: cox@renoir.Berkeley.EDU (Charles A. Cox)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: Portable CommonLoops status
Message-ID: <27604@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: 19 Jan 89 08:20:03 GMT
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In article <706@cnetlu.UUCP> ranson@cnetlu.UUCP (Ranson) writes:
>
>I have a copy of the 8/24/88 (AIII) version of Portable CommonLoops (Thanks
>Flash Sheridan). So far, I haven't been able to make it work correctly on any
>of the Common Lisps I use:
> [...]
>+ Allegro CL 3.0 on Amdahl: illegal instruction while loading one of the com-
>piled files.

The Allegro CL 3.0 distribution for the Amdahl includes a working PCL
(St. Patrick's Day version).  What is apparently happening in your
case is that you are trying to use a more recent version of PCL which
does not include the Franz Inc. changes to the file `fin.cl'.  The
Franz Inc. changes to this file have been submitted to the PCL
maintainer and will probably be included in the next PCL release.

In the meantime, you can use the St. Patrick's Day PCL from the
Allegro CL distribution until the next PCL is released, or you can
grab the current PCL version (12.8.88) and contact Franz Inc. for the
`fin.cl' file (at (415) 548-3600 or "info%franz.uucp@Berkeley.EDU").

	Charley Cox
	cox@renoir.Berkeley.EDU