A new version of the EncyCMUCLopedia (Dec 24, 1999) is now available. I
include below the README file, which explains what the EncyCMUCLopedia is
and provides instructions for getting and installing it, and the list of
changes since the previous version (Aug 4, 1999 - draft).
Lispy Christmas :-)
Paolo
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EncyCMUCLopedia
December 24, 1999
The EncyCMUCLopedia is an extensive collection of documents concerning CMU
Common Lisp (CMU CL) http://www.cons.org/cmucl/. CMU CL is a free,
high-quality ANSI Common Lisp system for Unix workstations originally
developed at the School of Computer Science of Carnegie Mellon University.
The EncyCMUCLopedia packages in a single collection most of the existing
documentation on CMU CL. It also comes with an index, a sort of annotated
bibliography with comments and links to the actual documents.
The distribution of the EncyCMUCLopedia is available at:
http://cvs2.cons.org:8000/cmucl/doc/EncyCMUCLopedia/
and consists of a compressed archive whose name has the following
structure:
encycmuclopedia-yyyymmdd[d].tar.gz
encycmuclopedia-yyyymmdd[d].tar.bz2
where the date `yyyymmdd' provides version information and the optional `d'
character flags draft releases. The version with the `bz2' extension was
processed with the more space efficient bzip2 file compressor (see
http://sourceware.cygnus.com/bzip2/).
To install the EncyCMUCLopedia you need about 10MB of disk space. Just
extract the compressed archive in a suitable directory such as
/usr/local/lib/cmucl. Then open file index.html in doc, the top-level
directory of the distribution, with any Web browser. See the revision
history--there's a link at the top of the index--for a list of changes
since earlier versions. Also Check the index for copyright and licensing
information.
If you are just curious about what material is included in the
EncyCMUCLopedia, you may download only the index, which is separately
available as:
encycmucl-idx-yyyymmdd[d].tar.gz
encycmucl-idx-yyyymmdd[d].tar.bz2
at the above mentioned site. Note, however, that you have to download the
full distribution if you want to access the actual documents referenced in
the index.
Have (de)fun
Paolo Amoroso
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---- Changes since the previous version ----------------------------------
New documents
* How SBCL Was Derived From CMU CL
* Instance creation optimization
* Some thoughts on the performance of PCL
* Tips for using PCL and its Metaobject Protocol
Updated documents
* CMU Common Lisp on Linux (previously titled Lisp on Linux HOWTO):
mainly updated info about software mentioned in the document such
as the latest CMU CL 2.4.x distribution for Debian and ILISP;
added discussion of logical pathnames
* Design of CMU Common Lisp: updated the type codes (sections 37.6
and 37.7) and the description of the array object (section 37.9).
Miscellaneous changes
* As a convenience to users who are just curious about what material
is included with the EncyCMUCLopedia, the index is now separately
available at the official distribution site
* Updated the Using CMU Common Lisp reading path to mention the PCL
documents
* Updated the Contributing to the development of CMU Common Lisp
reading path to mention SBCL
* Added section CLOS and PCL under User documentation
* Clarified interrupt safety issues of the CMU CL code base in the
entry for Multi-Processing
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