[Gardeners] Mangling the hyperspec

Matthew D Swank akopa at charter.net
Sun Jan 1 19:15:07 CST 2006


Peter Herth wrote:

> The hyperspec has its place as the pure technical reference. Of
> course, with a complex language like Common Lisp, this makes for a
> complex documentation. 

This may seem strange, but the text of Common Lisp the Language, 2nd 
edition is quite readable (and searchable in pdf form).  Of course it's 
a little out of date.  I know they share a lot of language, but is it 
any less encumbered than the Hyperspec?

Matt
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