''Common Lisp the Language'' is a

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by Guy L. Steele about a set of

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Common Lisp Common Lisp (CL) is a dialect of the Lisp programming language, published in American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard document ''ANSI INCITS 226-1994 (S2018)'' (formerly ''X3.226-1994 (R1999)''). The Common Lisp HyperSpec, a hyperli ...

History

Before standardizing

The first edition (Digital Press, 1984; ; 465 pages) was written by Guy L. Steele Jr., Scott E. Fahlman, Richard P. Gabriel, David A. Moon, and Daniel L. Weinreb. It served as the basis for the Common Lisp technical standard by the

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(ANSI), and is thus termed ANSI Common Lisp.

During standardizing

The second edition (Digital Press, 1990; ; 1029 pages) was written by Guy L. Steele Jr. It reflected the then-current status of the standardizing process and documented important new features such as

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(CLOS), the loop macro, and conditions. It also has a chapter on series and generators.

After standardizing

The ANSI Common Lisp standard was published in 1994 and differs from the language

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described in ''Common Lisp the Language'' (1984) and ''Common Lisp the Language, Second Edition'' (1990). Substantive additions and deletions were made between the time of the Second Edition and the final version of ANSI Common Lisp. Also, series and generators were discussed in appendix matter of the Second Edition but were not a part of any working draft nor the final version of ANSI Common Lisp. Although ANSI Common Lisp and the language dialects described by the two editions of ''Common Lisp the Language'' differ, the ANSI Common Lisp specification indirectly acknowledges the practical importance of ''Common Lisp the Language'' (first and second edition) by explicitly suggesting the

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s (keywords) :cltl1 and :cltl2 for potential inclusion on the *features* list, allowing conditionals to be added to code that must interoperate between ANSI Common Lisp and those other dialects.

External links

Common Lisp the Language, 2nd Edition
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History

Before standardizing

During standardizing

After standardizing

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