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CLtL Acronym Proposal
We have tried this sort of thing in 5 different Common Lisps, and
all of them behave this way. Is it in fact the right behavior, or
is it a bug? (It's a bug on my reading of CLtLs I and II, but maybe
I'm missing something.)
-- Jeff
A consensus is needed on the proper abbreviation for the old and
new editions of CLtL. So far I have seen the above example,
as well as CLtL vs. CLtL2. Therefore, in much the same spirit
as the naming convention of a certain computer manufacturer,
I propose the following "standard" abbreviations for these
and related documents, as well as a few for some possible
future publications:
CLtL => The "Silver Bible"
"Fat CLtL" => CLtL with email-circulated Errata sheet
CLtL Plus => CLtL plus Common Lisp, the Index
CLtL SE => The Second Edition
CLtL SE/30 => The Second Edition when/if Series and Generators are accepted
CLtL II => The next book, documenting the new ANSI standard for Common Lisp
CLtL IIx => The Hypercard stack that will be continually updated
for each succeeding revision of the standard
CLtL IIcx => The telememic transference system that will give
purchasers instant wizard-level experience with
the standard _as_it_happens_
CLtL IIIntx => I don't know what this will be, and neither does anyone else.
(Aren't you just quivering in anticipation?)
And of course, there will always be the ever popular
CLtL Portable => Your own personal scrapbook of information
copied from the above
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