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Date: Tue, 13 Jun 79 02:38:36 GMT
Original-Date: 12/06/79 22:38:36 EDT
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    From: RIVEST at MIT-ML
    To:   (BUG LISP) at MIT-ML

    The way arrays are (mis-)handled in LISP is annoying.  In particular, it
    would be nice to be able to pass arrays to functions in a simple manner.
    ...
    Comments?
    	Ron Rivest
    	(RIVEST@ML)

Just one.  LISP has been treating arrays as first class citizens since
LISP 810, of April 1974!  See LISP;LISP NEWS for full details, in particular
ARRAYCALL.

This goes beyond even out-of-dateness of documentation, this is ANCIENT
documentation.  ARRAYCALL didn't even make into the update to the manual of
1975!