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- ;;; ****************************************************************
- ;;; Lisp FAQ Change Log ********************************************
- ;;; ****************************************************************
- ;;; Date Who Ver Reason
- ;;; ------------------------------------------------------------
- ;;; 7-FEB-92 mk 1.0 Initial release.
- ;;; 10-FEB-92 mk 1.1 Pre-release corrections and additions.
- ;;; 10-FEB-92 mk 1.11 Minor changes from Arun Welch, Mitch Marks,
- ;;; Mike Meyer, Matthias Felleisen, and John Gateley.
- ;;; 11-FEB-92 mk 1.12 Corrections by John Carroll, Jason Trenouth, Joel
- ;;; Riedesel, David Neves, Lawrence Mayka and
- ;;; Bruce Miller.
- ;;; 13-FEB-92 mk 1.13 Renumbering. Split into 3 files. Some more FAQs.
- ;;; 23-MAR-92 mk 1.14 Updated various FTP entries, bug in EXPLODE.
- ;;; Updated harlequin entry.
- ;;; 25-MAR-92 mk 1.15 Added question [2-18]: saving data and CLOS
- ;;; instances to disk for later retrieval.
- ;;; 1-MAY-92 mk 1.17 Added entry for Feel to section 4. Updated CMU
- ;;; ftp machines to point to ftp.cs.cmu.edu. Fixed CMU
- ;;; CL entry to be approximately version independent.
- ;;; Revised entry on Garnet. uunet.uu.net -> ftp.uu.net
- ;;; 12-MAY-92 mk 1.18 Split questions 1-5, 1-6, and 1-7 into part 4,
- ;;; which is now cross-posted to comp.lang.scheme, and
- ;;; questions 1-8, 2-3, 2-9 and 2-18 into part 5 which
- ;;; is now cross-posted to comp.lang.clos.
- ;;; Added detail to Norvig entry in 1-1.
- ;;; Updated entries for several Lisp implementations.
- ;;; 26-MAY-92 mk 1.19 Changed 5-2 on the basis of comments by Jeff Greif.
- ;;; 29-MAY-92 mk 1.20 Added question [2-17] about lisp sockets.
- ;;; 16-JUN-92 mk 1.21 Moved the question about object oriented
- ;;; programming references to part 5 of the FAQ.
- ;;; Entry on Dylan. Addition to MIT Scheme entry
- ;;; regarding Schematik.
- ;;; 22-JUN-92 mk Updated SOAR entry.
- ;;; 24-JUN-92 mk Fixed MCL entry to note that CLIM is available
- ;;; from ILA, not via Apple.
- ;;; 25-JUN-92 mk 1.22 Added question [2-18].
- ;;; 17-JUL-92 mk Added entry on PSD (Portable Scheme Debugger).
- ;;; 20-JUL-92 mk Updated entry on T3.1
- ;;; 30-JUL-92 mk Added entry on XIT to question 2-2.
- ;;; 3-AUG-92 mk Updated PC-Scheme entry (bought by Ibuki).
- ;;; 6-AUG-92 mk 1.23 Merged in Jeff Dalton's pitfalls list.
- ;;; 19-AUG-92 mk Added entry on FOCL. Move three questions from
- ;;; part 2 to part 3, to keep part 2 under 64k.
- ;;; 26-AUG-92 mk Added some items from Hallvard Tretteberg's
- ;;; Lisp style guide.
- ;;; 31-AUG-92 mk 1.24 Updated entries for CMU CL and SIOD.
- ;;; 8-SEP-92 mk Added entry on VSCM to part 4. Added entry on
- ;;; Pixie Scheme, Help, and Le-Lisp.
- ;;; 14-SEP-92 mk Fixed Symbolics entry. Added entry on CLIM-library.
- ;;; 15-SEP-92 mk Updated MIT C-Scheme entry.
- ;;; 17-SEP-92 mk Added entry on Lisp-Jobs. Fixed Le-Lisp entry.
- ;;; Added 3-15.
- ;;; 23-SEP-92 mk Added entry on COLAB to ftp resources.
- ;;; Added entry on WCL to Part 4.
- ;;; 30-SEP-92 mk Added entry on Dr. Dobb's lisp-style C extensions.
- ;;; Updated entry on Friedman/Wand/Haynes' book.
- ;;; 9-OCT-92 mk 1.25 Updated Chez Scheme entry.
- ;;; Added entry on extracting the function name from
- ;;; the function object, provided by Kerry Koitzsch.
- ;;; 14-OCT-92 mk 1.26 Split off the ftp resources question from Part 2
- ;;; into its own file, now labels Part 6.
- ;;; Broke up the question into smaller pieces
- ;;; and reorganized it too. Reorganized Part 4.
- ;;; 20-OCT-92 mk Added description of Koschmann text,
- ;;; thanks to L. Mayka.
- ;;; 27-OCT-92 mk 1.27 Added question 6-6 about formatting code in LaTeX.
- ;;; 3-NOV-92 mk Added comment on file modularization to 1-2.
- ;;; Added note on the CLOS code repository to
- ;;; 6-1.
- ;;; 5-NOV-92 mk Added info on Lucid benchmark programs in the
- ;;; goodies/ directory. Also the Lucid
- ;;; wizards.doc file.
- ;;; 11-NOV-92 mk 1.28 Added entry on Karlsruhe CLISP to 4-0.
- ;;; 13-NOV-92 mk Added entry on ARS MAGNA to part 6,
- ;;; subsection Planning Testbeds.
- ;;; 17-NOV-92 mk Added entry on GECO and GAL to 6-3.
- ;;; 17-NOV-92 mk Updated prices in Allegro CL entry.
- ;;; 24-NOV-92 mk Added entry on the automatic memoization facility
- ;;; to part 6.
- ;;; 14-DEC-92 mk Added RefLisp entry to 4-0.
- ;;; 14-DEC-92 mk Modified CLIM entry slightly.
- ;;; 15-DEC-92 mk 1.29 Updated NL Software Registry entry in Part 6.
- ;;; 16-DEC-92 mk Updated Gambit entry in part 4.
- ;;; 16-DEC-92 mk Reorganized Part 4 a bit with update of
- ;;; EuLisp and Le-Lisp entries.
- ;;; 16-DEC-92 mk Added question 3-16.
- ;;; 23-DEC-92 mk Added entry on Pearl CL to part 4.
- ;;; 28-DEC-92 mk Updated JACAL entry in Part 6.
- ;;; 29-DEC-92 mk Inserted question 1-1. Basic distinction
- ;;; between Lisp and Scheme. Moved 1-7 to section 4.
- ;;; Added Subject: to all the questions.
- ;;; 29-DEC-92 mk Added Hanson's implementation of Steele's
- ;;; constraint system and the 6.001 archive to 6-4.
- ;;; 1.30
- ;;; 5-JAN-93 mk Updated GLISP entry in part 6.
- ;;; 7-JAN-93 mk Updated parser generators list, MCS, CommonORBIT, CGOL
- ;;; in part 6.
- ;;; 18-JAN-93 mk Added 5-6.
- ;;; 20-JAN-93 mk Added Dalton's Clos-guide to 5-1.
- ;;; 21-JAN-93 mk Added RWM to part 6.
- ;;; 26-JAN-93 mk Updated PC-Scheme entry.
- ;;; 2-FEB-93 mk Added question [2-2] on when to use alists and when to use
- ;;; hash tables.
- ;;; 2-FEB-93 mk Moved [4-8] (prolog in lisp/scheme) to [6-7].
- ;;; 3-FEB-93 mk Added efficiency note about vectorizing CASE statements.
- ;;; 8-FEB-93 mk Added Hobbit SCM compiler to part 4.
- ;;;
- ;;; 1.31:
- ;;; 8-FEB-93 mk Moved all the Scheme stuff to the new Scheme FAQ posting.
- ;;; 10-FEB-93 mk Corrected ExperTelligence phone numbers.
- ;;; 10-MAR-93 mk Added infix.lisp to Lisp Utilities Repository listing.
- ;;; 10-MAR-93 mk Updated ABTWEAK entry in part 6.
- ;;; 10-MAR-93 mk Added entry on CLISP mailing list.
- ;;; 12-MAR-93 mk Fixed Scheme/CL comparison to be R4RS compliant and
- ;;; efficient.
- ;;; 1.32:
- ;;; 15-MAR-93 mk Fixed info-1100, CommonLoops, and Lisp-Jobs mailing lists.
- ;;; 17-MAR-93 mk Updated version number for Zebu parser generator.
- ;;; 9-APR-93 mk Added entry on Common Music to part 6.
- ;;;
- ;;; 1.33:
- ;;; 14-APR-93 mk Added entry on Common Lisp Music to part 6.
- ;;; 14-APR-93 mk Added entry on Common Music Notation to part 6.
- ;;; 14-APR-93 mk Added note to Common Music entry about the command
- ;;; dispatcher, which is portable and generic.
- ;;; 14-APR-93 mk Replaced XIT entry in part 6 with a new entry.
- ;;; 14-APR-93 mk Mods to question 1-1.
- ;;; 14-APR-93 mk Added info-mcl-digest to mailing lists.
- ;;; 15-APR-93 mk Changed header to part 5 to read "Object-oriented
- ;;; Programming in Lisp" for idiot searches.
- ;;; 15-APR-93 mk Added Xerox part of speech tagger to part 6.
- ;;; 19-APR-93 mk Added entry on SME to part 6.
- ;;; 19-APR-93 mk Added list of religious issues to 1-0.
- ;;; 20-APR-93 mk Updated ILISP and Franz emacs interface entries.
- ;;; 28-APR-93 mk Added 2-16 (stream that acts like /dev/null) after cleaning
- ;;; up my email. Not a frequent FAQ, but no reason not to add
- ;;; it.
- ;;; 29-APR-93 mk Added MEASURES system to part 6.
- ;;; 30-APR-93 mk Updated Harlequin entry.
- ;;; 6-MAY-93 mk Added entry on Jeff Siskind's Screamer constraint
- ;;; programming/nondeterminism package.
- ;;; 6-MAY-93 mk Updated architectures list in CLISP entry on part 4.
- ;;; 1.34:
- ;;; 13-MAY-93 mk Corrected Austin Code Works address.
- ;;; 19-MAY-93 mk Added entry on Deftable to part 6.
- ;;; 21-MAY-93 mk Added EJFLP to mailing lists in part 4.
- ;;; 31-MAY-93 mk Added entry on FRAPPS, a theorem prover, to part 6.
- ;;; 2-JUN-93 mk Updated Franz Allegro entry.
- ;;; 2-JUN-93 mk Changed ftp address for cli.com.
- ;;; 7-JUN-93 mk Split out Lisp Window Systems and GUIs (6-5) to form part 7
- ;;; of the FAQ.
- ;;; 7-JUN-93 mk Added [7-2] What Graphers/Browsers are available?
- ;;;
- ;;; 1.35:
- ;;; 21-JUN-93 mk Minor change to 3-9.
- ;;; 21-JUN-93 mk Changed bill burch's email in part 4 (reflisp).
- ;;;
- ;;; 1.36:
- ;;; 9-AUG-93 mk Added LispWorks equivalents to 2-12 and 2-14, thanks to
- ;;; Lawrence G. Mayka.
- ;;; 9-AUG-93 mk Picasso no longer actively supported.
- ;;; 9-AUG-93 mk regexp and interlisp-lisp translator (pkarp) have moved to
- ;;; ftp.ai.sri.com.
- ;;; 10-AUG-93 mk Added Paepcke's book to part 5.
- ;;; 10-AUG-93 mk Added entry on CLiCC to part 4.
- ;;;
- ;;; 1.37:
- ;;; 18-AUG-93 mk Updated WINTERP email addresses.
- ;;; 24-AUG-93 mk Updated XLISP entry to mention source of Mac port.
- ;;; 26-AUG-93 mk Updated CLISP entry in part 4.
- ;;;
- ;;; 1.38:
- ;;; 13-SEP-93 mk Added info on Marlais to part 4.
- ;;; 15-SEP-93 mk Added ECoLisp to part 4.
- ;;; 20-SEP-93 mk Added Lisp2Tex to [6-6].
- ;;; 20-SEP-93 mk Clarified the note about the MS Windows version of Procyon
- ;;; CL.
- ;;; 20-SEP-93 mk Added entry on ITASCA to [5-4].
- ;;; 21-SEP-93 mk SNePS now GPL.
- ;;; 23-SEP-93 mk Added [2-17] on read-time conditionalization of code
- ;;; (*features*), thanks to Vincent Keunen.
- ;;; 4-OCT-93 mk New address for lisp-jobs mailing list.
- ;;; 6-OCT-93 mk Corrected EJFLP subscription info.
- ;;; 6-OCT-93 mk Added entry to part 6 about Kak's CLOS Blackboard tutorial.
- ;;; 12-OCT-93 mk Added entry on URANUS (Knowledge Rep system) to part 6.
- ;;;
- ;;; 1.39:
- ;;; 13-OCT-93 mk Updated Blackboard Technology phone and address.
- ;;; 13-OCT-93 mk Acknowledge Xerox PARC's contribution in the CLIM entry in
- ;;; [7-1].
- ;;; 13-OCT-93 mk Added [2-18] about dispatching macro characters.
- ;;; 20-OCT-93 mk Added clarification to [3-0].
- ;;; 26-OCT-93 mk Added entry on Powerlisp (shareware Lisp for Mac) to [4-0].
- ;;; 28-OCT-93 mk Added note about rehash-after-gc to [2-2].
- ;;;
- ;;; 1.40:
- ;;; 15-NOV-93 mk Updated FOCL entry in part 6.
- ;;;
- ;;; 1.41:
- ;;; 16-DEC-93 mk Changed export.lcs.mit.edu to ftp.x.org in many places in
- ;;; part 7.
- ;;; 16-DEC-93 mk Updated entry on Franz's emacs interface in [2-1].
- ;;; 22-DEC-93 mk Added note about CLX manuals to CLX entry.
- ;;; 22-DEC-93 mk Updated CORBA entry in part 5. Spec no longer free.
- ;;; 22-DEC-93 mk Added note about Sybase SQL interface for CLISP.
- ;;; 22-DEC-93 mk Added entry on Graham's "On Lisp" book.
- ;;; 24-DEC-93 mk Added entry on E2C (EuLisp->C) in part 4.
- ;;; 27-DEC-93 mk Added [2-19] about directory-p. Merged in parts of [2-11].
- ;;; 27-DEC-93 mk Added entry on LILY (C++ library with a lispish style) to
- ;;; part 4.
- ;;; 28-DEC-93 km Added entry on SEQUEL (efficient Lisp program generator and
- ;;; ATP system) to part 6.
- ;;; 29-DEC-93 mk Expertelligence no longer distributes Procyon CL.
- ;;; 29-DEC-93 mk Deleted Scientia email address -- bounces.
- ;;; 29-DEC-93 mk Added source of Gabriel & Steele's "Evolution of Lisp"
- ;;; article to [2-13].
- ;;; 12-JAN-94 mk Updated [4-10].
- ;;; 12-JAN-94 mk Added entry on CLASP to part 6.
- ;;; 13-JAN-94 mk Added [2-20] What is a "Lisp Machine" (LISPM)? derived from
- ;;; a post by Arthur Pendragon.
- ;;; 13-JAN-94 mk Errata now available for Shapiro's book.
- ;;;
- ;;; 1.42:
- ;;; 17-JAN-94 mk Added "dpANS" to [1-5].
- ;;; 25-JAN-94 mk New location for WCL source.
- ;;; 1-FEB-94 mk Updated [4-10] to reflect availability of dpANS2.
- ;;; 8-FEB-94 mk Updated Lisp-to-C Translator in [4-1a]. Old text:
- Lisp-to-C Translator translates Common Lisp into ANSI C, but requires
- that you specify when and where you'd like your garbage to be
- collected. Works with Lucid, Symbolics, Allegro, Harlequin and MCL.
- It costs $12,000. Write to: Chestnut Software, Inc., 2 Park Plaza,
- Suite 205, Boston, MA, 02116, call 617-542-9222, fax 617-542-9220, or
- e-mail Mr. Kenneth J. Koocher <ken@chestnut.com>.
- ;;; 1.43:
- ;;; 9-MAR-94 mk Inserted [1-5] on minimal lisp primitives.
- ;;; 10-MAR-94 mk Added note on the Literate Programming FAQ to [6-6]
- ;;; 11-MAR-94 mk Updated SchemeWEB entry in [6-6].
- ;;;
- ;;; 1.44:
- ;;; 14-MAR-94 mk CMU CL version 17e released.
- ;;; 23-MAR-94 mk Updated SchemeWeb entry.
- ;;; 12-APR-94 mk This FAQ is now available by WWW. See below for details.
- ;;; 12-APR-94 mk Changed/updated many ftp references to enable them to
- ;;; appear as links in the WWW version of the FAQ. E-mail
- ;;; about references that weren't converted and/or other WWW
- ;;; resources is welcome.
- ;;;
- ;;; 1.45:
- ;;; 14-APR-94 mk Deleted duplicate Graham/Grahm entry in [1-2].
- ;;; 22-APR-94 mk Updated ftp information for ftp.gmd.de.
- ;;; 29-APR-94 mk lisp-emacs-forum-request@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu now defunct.
- ;;; 5-MAY-94 mk Added ALU home page to [6-4].
- ;;; 5-MAY-94 mk Added entry on the Pratt/Doerpmund implementation of the
- ;;; Paris/Vencovska model of belief (defeasible reasoning) to
- ;;; the list of ftpable systems.
- ;;; 12-MAY-94 mk Added info on Edebug to [2-1].
- ;;; 12-MAY-94 mk Added entry on Jeff Dalton's port of Franz Lisp to 386/486
- ;;; systems running NetBSD to [4-4].
- ;;; 12-MAY-94 mk Added Gwydion WWW page and email address to the entry in
- ;;; [4-6].
- ;;;
- ;;; 1.46:
- ;;; 27-MAY-94 mk Because of the demise of UCBVAX, the official archive site
- ;;; for Franz Lisp (public domain version) is now the CMU AI
- ;;; Repository. Added an entry to [4-4] reflecting this.
- ;;; 27-MAY-94 mk AKCL 1-625 and above no longer depend on kcl.tar and is
- ;;; covered by the GNU GPL. Added separate entry in part 4,
- ;;; and changed the KCL text slightly. Now known as
- ;;; GNU Common Lisp (GCL).
- ;;; 10-JUN-94 mk Added note about the Screamer Tools Repository to [6-3].
- ;;; 10-JUN-94 mk Added description of AllegroStore and PCLOS to [5-4]
- ;;; (Persistent Object Storage Systems).
- ;;; 10-JUN-94 mk Allegro-CL, Franz-Friends, and Franz-Composers lists now
- ;;; @cs.berkeley.edu.
- ;;; 12-JUN-94 mk Updated WINTERP entry in [7-1]. Version 2.01 for X11r6.
- ;;;
- ;;; 1.47:
- ;;; 15-JUN-94 mk Alphabetized the free lisps.
- ;;; 15-JUN-94 mk Alphabetized the commercial lisps.
- ;;; 1-JUL-94 mk Updated abtweak entry in [6-3].
- ;;; 1-JUL-94 mk Updated CLiCC entry.
- ;;; 8-JUL-94 mk CLXR6
- ;;; 8-JUL-94 mk Updated ECoLisp entry.
- ;;; 8-JUL-94 mk Updated Ilisp entry.
- ;;; 8-JUL-94 mk Added ILU entry in [6-3].
- ;;; 8-JUL-94 mk Added entry on Mindy to [4-6].
- ;;; 8-JUL-94 mk WINTERP WWW page.
- ;;;
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