I'm looking for a short overview or introduction to CLOS that is available
as a file on an FTP server or elsewhere in the net.
I know that the CLOS specification is part of CLtL-2, but considering
that I'm mainly interested in the concepts and not all the details (I'm
not programming in CL) and that I already own CLtL-1, purchasing CLtL-2
to just get an overview of CLOS seems a bit like a waste to me. In
addition, ordering books from overseas in Germany usually takes months
and costs a small fortune.
Thanks,
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>I'm looking for a short overview or introduction to CLOS that is available
>as a file on an FTP server or elsewhere in the net.
I don't know of an online paper, but if you can get back issues of
Communications of the ACM I believe there was an overview of CLOS in the
special issue on LISP about a year and a half ago.
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>I'm looking for a short overview or introduction to CLOS that is available
>as a file on an FTP server or elsewhere in the net.
I don't know about any ftp docs, but have you tried
1) Sonya E. Keene, "Object-Oriented Programming in
Common Lisp", Addison-Wesley, 1989;
2) Patrick H. Winston and Berthold K.P. Horn,
"Lisp - 3rd Edition", Addison-Wesley, 1989, Chapter 14,
Classes and Generic Functions;
You should be able to get those in any properly equipped university
library.
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