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Re: A Dylan implemented on Common Lisp
- To: info-mcl@digitool.com
- Subject: Re: A Dylan implemented on Common Lisp
- From: barmar@nic.near.net (Barry Margolin)
- Date: 8 Mar 1995 05:09:57 -0500
- Organization: NEARnet, Cambridge, MA
- References: <3jgef0$fnt@cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu>, <D5345w.3xC@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>, <D53J7v.9oB@sybase.com>
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In article <D53J7v.9oB@sybase.com> schumach@sybase.com (Lee Schumacher) writes:
>all, CL was largely design by commitee, and no one had any absolute power
>over it. Secondly, if anyone did have that power it was Guy Steele, who
>wrote the manual, and not Scott.
Not to belittle Guy's efforts, I think it's appropriate to set the record
straight, since this is a common confusion. While Guy alone wrote CLtL (1
and 2), he didn't have any veto power. His role was to describe the
results of the committee work -- he was more like a reporter than an
author.
--
Barry Margolin
BBN Internet Services Corp.
barmar@near.net