CMU Common Lisp user's manual

CMU Common Lisp is an implementation of that Common Lisp is currently supported on MlPS-processor DECstations, Sparc-based workstations from Sun and the IBM RT PC, and other ports are planned. All architectures are supported under Mach, a Berkeley Unix 4.3 binary compatible operating system. The Sparc is also supported under SunOS. The largest single part of this document describes the Python compiler and the programming styles and techniques that the compiler encourages. The rest of the document describes extensions and the implementation dependent choices made in developing this implementation of Common Lisp. We have added several extensions, including a source level debugger, an interface to Unix system calls, a foreign function call interface, support for interprocess communication and remote procedure call, and other features that provide a good environment for developing Lisp code. This research was sponsored by The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Information Science and Technology Office, under the title "Research on Parallel Computing", ARPA Order No. 7330, issued by DARPA/CMO under Contract MDA972-90-C-0035. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the author and should not be interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. government.