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author | Martin Cracauer <cracauer@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-03-11 00:28:19 +0000 |
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committer | Martin Cracauer <cracauer@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-03-11 00:28:19 +0000 |
commit | 1637237477b6eca7a0b3922f6b2c530bf098a761 (patch) | |
tree | b7afb2a5aa2b28d9a56fd648abbb52fc6ac50bb2 /lang/cmucl | |
parent | 9b58ec9c9613ac7a8b5736c1bcbf220f587aef29 (diff) | |
download | ports-1637237477b6eca7a0b3922f6b2c530bf098a761.tar.gz ports-1637237477b6eca7a0b3922f6b2c530bf098a761.zip |
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diff --git a/lang/cmucl/pkg-descr b/lang/cmucl/pkg-descr index 75c0bed69359..05e8ffb0f799 100644 --- a/lang/cmucl/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/cmucl/pkg-descr @@ -1,18 +1,17 @@ -CMUCL is the CMU implementation of Common Lisp. This is the 18a -prerelease, probably the most stable version to get for FreeBSD. +CMUCL is the CMU implementation of Common Lisp. First-aid documentation is in the manpages lisp(1) and cmucl(1) and via the normal Common Lisp documentation runtime functions (describe ...) (documentation ...) and (apropos ...). The WWW homepage contains -a pointer to a real user manual adopted for 18a. +a pointer to a real user manual. -CMUCL's strength in comparison with other Lisp systems (or dynamic -languages in general) is its highly optimizing compiler. If you know -how to write efficient Common Lisp code, you are free of unwanted -memory allocation, type checks, indirections to objects. CMUCL -helps you to write efficient Common Lisp --- it generates very -informative warning messages about code constructs that prevent -compilation to efficient code. +CMUCL's strength in comparison with other Lisp systems (or most other +dynamic language implementations in general) is its highly optimizing +compiler. If you know how to write efficient Common Lisp code, you +are free of unwanted memory allocation, type checks, indirections to +objects. CMUCL helps you to write efficient Common Lisp --- it +generates very informative warning messages about code constructs that +prevent compilation to efficient code. Optional packages for graphical user interfaces and other Common Lisp applications and libraries (Eg. the "Hemlock" Editor) are are on |