From: Jacek Generowicz
Subject: Origins of documentation string
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:27:36 +0000
Message-ID: <tyfptmmvs4n.fsf@pcepsft001.cern.ch>

When did documentation strings first appear?

Did they first appear in a Lisp?

From: Christopher C. Stacy
Subject: Re: Origins of documentation string
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 15:58:11 +0000
Message-ID: <uu1by3kkr.fsf@dtpq.com>

>>>>> On 13 May 2003 16:27:36 +0200, Jacek Generowicz ("Jacek") writes:

 Jacek> When did documentation strings first appear?
 Jacek> Did they first appear in a Lisp?

Yes.  On the Lisp Machine.