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Re: FEXPRs

To: Ayami Ogura <ao06+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU>
Subject: Re: FEXPRs
From: James Larus <larus%paris.Berkeley.EDU@UCBVAX.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 87 09:16:49 PST
Cc: kcl%rascal.ics.utexas.edu@RELAY.CS.NET
In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 03 Nov 87 14:51:07 EST. <YVXXCfy00Vs6cWk08h@andrew.cmu.edu>

Common Lisp (including KCL) does not have FEXPR's (with the exception
of the predefined special forms).  Use macros instead.  If you want a
cogent explaination of the reasons behind this decision, see Pitman's
paper "Special Forms in LISP" in the 1980 Lisp Conference.

/Jim

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