Gregor@parc.xerox.com (Gregor Kiczales) (04/23/91)
The sources for the final CLOS Metaobject Protocol Specification are now available for anonymous FTP from arisia.xerox.com. You need to get the file /pcl/mop/spec.tar.Z. This is a uuencoded tarfile, so use binary mode to copy it. Once you have uudecoded and untared it, run spec.tex through LaTeX and you should be all set. This material corresponds to Chapters 5 and 6 of the forthcoming "The Art of the Metaobject Protocol" and, as such, is copyright MIT Press. But, to encourage further development, the copyright for these chapters has been relaxed to something similar to copyleft. See page one of the material for details. Have fun.
Gregor@parc.xerox.com (Gregor Kiczales) (04/23/91)
Thanks to Alan Bawden for pointing out a braino in my previous message. The file on arisia that you want to copy is compressed, so you have to use binary mode to copy it. Its hard to see why I got confused, after all, all I had to keep straight was that I needed to tar and compress the file. Except of course if I was planning to mail it in which case I need to tar, compress, uuencode and the split it. (Oh yes, and after splitting it I have to rename it all.) Gee, life here in the future sure is simple. Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1991 16:42:12 PDT From: Alan Bawden <Alan@lcs.mit.edu> To: Gregor@parc.xerox.com (Gregor Kiczales) In-Reply-To: Gregor@parc.xerox.com's message of 22 Apr 91 21:03:54 GMT Subject: MOP Specification From: Gregor@parc.xerox.com (Gregor Kiczales) Newsgroups: comp.lang.clos Date: 22 Apr 91 21:03:54 GMT ... /pcl/mop/spec.tar.Z. This is a uuencoded tarfile, so use binary mode to copy it. Once you have uudecoded and untared it, ... Surely you meant to say "compressed" rather than "uuencoded"? uuencode actually makes files -bigger- (but suitable for transmission through electronic mail). At least, thats what the uuencode here does...