Re: Thx almost everyone

[naha@mit.edu (Mark Nahabedian)]

In an early published version of the CLOS specification (ACM SIGPLAN Notices, v. 
23, September 1988), DESCRIBE is the generic function which one specializes to 
describe an object (page 2-42).  The was presumably chaged during the CommonLisp 
standardization process.  Keene is an excellent book for learning the concepts 
behind CLOS and how to program using it.  It is somewhat dated however.  For 
accurate technical details one should consult either CLTL2 (Steele) or the 
CommonLisp specification itself.

I'll also take this opportunity to provide a few more landmarks to aid your 
"voyage of discovery" into CommonLisp.  If you havn't already, check out UNWIND-
PROTECT, and also HANDLER-CASE, HANDLER-BIND and the condition system.