In the copy that I have of this book (first printing), there is a systematic
printing error -- nearly all the quotes are printed as backquotes (opening
quotes); apparently the Lisp code was processed by typesetting software that
has "smart quotes" and didn't know that Lisp isn't English.
Was this error corrected in later printings?
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"Michael Covington" <··@ai.uga.edu> writes:
> In the copy that I have of this book (first printing), there is a systematic
> printing error -- nearly all the quotes are printed as backquotes (opening
> quotes); apparently the Lisp code was processed by typesetting software that
> has "smart quotes" and didn't know that Lisp isn't English.
>
> Was this error corrected in later printings?
I'm not sure what version I'm looking at. It's copywrite 1984. I see almost
no backquotes, except in the appendix, where they summarize Franz LISP
functions, including quote!, where they show how the backquote can be used in
its place.
So, in a nutshell, "Yes", I'm looking at the same book, probably a newer
printing, where there's mostly regular quotes.
dave
Just to get it clear -- in their typeface, a backquote looks like a tiny 6,
and a regular quote looks like a tiny 9. Is that what you're seeing?
Also, I'm talking about Common LISPcraft, not LISPcraft (which used Franz
Lisp).
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"Michael A. Covington" <·········@mindspring.com> writes:
> Also, I'm talking about Common LISPcraft, not LISPcraft (which used Franz
> Lisp).
oh. whoops. I was looking at Lispcraft. Never knew that he did a "Common
Lispcraft".
Sorry.
dave
(p.s. I _did_ get the [back-]quote stuff right, though.
dave