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From: Brad Miller <miller@CS.ROCHESTER.EDU>
Date: 13 Dec 88 18:14:14 GMT
From: rdominy@palantir.gsfc.nasa.gov (Bob Dominy)
Can anyone tell me the current status of the standardization of the
Common Lisp Object System (CLOS)? I've seen recently a book on it.
Are there any implementations of it (hopefully public domain)?
Thanks,
Robert Dominy
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
The closest thing in the PD would be PCL:
I quote the file get-pcl.text:
Here is the standard information about PCL. I have also added you to
the CommonLoops@Xerox.com mailing list.
Portable CommonLoops (PCL) started out as an implementation of
CommonLoops written entirely in CommonLisp. It is in the process of
being converted to an implementation of CLOS. Currently it implements a
only a subset of the CLOS specification. Unfortunately, there is no
detailed description of the differences between PCL and the CLOS
specification, the source code is often the best documentation.
Currently, PCL runs in the following implementations of
Common Lisp:
Xerox Common Lisp (Lyric Release)
Symbolics (Release 7.2)
Lucid (2.0)
CMU
VAXLisp (2.0)
ExCL (Franz)
Ibuki Common Lisp (01/01)
HP Common Lisp
TI
Golden Common Lisp
Pyramid Lisp
Coral Common Lisp (Allegro)
There are several ways of obtaining a copy of PCL.
*** Arpanet Access to PCL ***
The primary way of getting PCL is by Arpanet FTP.
The files are stored on arisia.xerox.com. You can copy them using
anonymous FTP (username "anonymous", password "anonymous"). There are
several directories which are of interest:
/pcl
This directory contains the PCL sources as well as some rudimentary
documentation (including this file).
In the directory /pcl the files:
readme.text READ IT
notes.text contains notes about the current state of PCL, and some
instructions for installing PCL at your site. You should
read this file whenever you get a new version of PCL.
get-pcl.text contains the latest draft of this message
/pcl/doc
This directory contains TeX source files for the most recent draft of
the CLOS specification. There are TeX source files for two documents
called concep.tex and functi.tex. These correspond to chapter 1 and 2
of the CLOS specification.
/pcl/archive
This directory contains the joint archives of two important mailings
lists:
CommonLoops@Xerox.com
is the mailing list for all PCL users. It carries announcements
of new releases of PCL, bug reports and fixes, and general advice
about how to use PCL and CLOS.
Common-Lisp-Object-System@Sail.Stanford.edu
is a small mailing list used by the designers of CLOS.
The file cloops.text is always the newest of the archive files.
The file cloops1.text is the oldest of the archive files. Higher
numbered versions are more recent versions of the files.
*** Xerox Internet Access to PCL ***
Xerox XNS users can get PCL from {NB:PARC:XEROX}<PCL>
*** Getting a copy of PCL from ISI ***
ISI distribute PCL with its Common Lisp distribution. For further
information about this send a message to ACTION@ISI.EDU.
Send any comments, bug-reports or suggestions for improvements to:
CommonLoops.pa@Xerox.com
Send mailing list requests or other administrative stuff to:
CommonLoops-Request@Xerox.com
Thanks for your interest in PCL.
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Brad Miller U. Rochester Comp Sci Dept.
miller@cs.rochester.edu {...allegra!rochester!miller}