uda@majestix.liu.se (Ulf Dahlen) (02/19/90)
Could someone post a brief summary of new material in CLtL/2ed?! (We have ordered CLtL 2nd edition, but haven't received it yet.) __________ Ulf Dahlen, uda@ida.liu.se, uda@liuida.UUCP Dept of Computer & Info Science, University of Linkoping, Sweden 1981: The BBC Micro by Acorn: Standard hardware with excellent software. 1987: The Archimedes by Acorn: Excellent hardware with yesterday's software. Sad, isn't it?
lgm@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (lawrence.g.mayka) (02/20/90)
In article <1690@majestix.liu.se> uda@majestix.liu.se (Ulf Dahlen) writes: >Could someone post a brief summary of new material in CLtL/2ed?! New chapters are on - The Common Lisp Object System. - The Common Lisp (a.k.a. Pitman) Condition System. - The expanded LOOP iteration facility. - A programmable pretty-printing facility. Appendices describe - Richard Waters' proposed facilities for series, generators, and gatherers. - Advanced backquote usage. ANSI X3J13 additions and clarifications are sprinkled throughout the book as appropriate. All changes from the first edition are diff-marked. Lawrence G. Mayka AT&T Bell Laboratories lgm@ihlpf.att.com Standard disclaimer.