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From: jr@bbn.com (John Robinson)
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Subject: Re: defun and defmacro
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Date: 30 Jan 89 15:16:56 GMT
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In-reply-to: rcardena@hqpyr1.oracle.com (Ricardo A. Cardenas)

In article <RCARDENA.89Jan24225215@hqpyr1.oracle.com>, rcardena@hqpyr1 (Ricardo A. Cardenas) writes:
>Where can I find documentation on how to use the {&rest, &optional...}
>stuff in defun() and the {, @ ` etc.} stuff in defmacro() ?

This is basic lisp.  Look in a lisp textbook, such as Winston and
Horn.  Also, I expect Steele's Common Lisp book covers it (somebody
"borrowed" this from my office so I can't check - grrrr!).
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