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'''''Common Lisp the Language''''' is an influential [[reference book]] by [[Guy L. Steele about a set of [[technical standard]]s aboutand [[programming language]]s named [[Common Lisp]].

== History ==

===Before standardizationstandardizing===

The first edition (Digital Press, 1984; {{ISBN|0-932376-41-X}}; 465 pages) served as the basis for the ANSI Common Lisp standard. It was written by [[Guy L. Steele Jr.]], [[Scott E. Fahlman|Scott E. Fahlman]], [[Richard P. Gabriel]], [[David A. Moon]], and [[Daniel Weinreb|Daniel L. Weinreb]]. It served as the basis for the Common Lisp technical standard by the [[American National Standards Institute]] (ANSI), and is thus termed ANSI Common Lisp.

===During standardizationstandardizing===

The second edition (Digital Press, 1990; {{ISBN|1-55558-041-6}}; 1029 pages) was written by Guy L. Steele Jr. It reflected the then-current status of the standardizationstandardizing process and documented important new features such as [[Common Lisp Object System]] (CLOS), the <ttcode>loop</ttcode> macro, and conditions. It also has a chapter on series and generators.

===After standardizationstandardizing===

The ANSI Common Lisp standard was published in 1994 and differs from the language [[Dialect (computing)|dialects]] described in ''Common Lisp the Language'' (1984) and ''Common Lisp the Language, Second Edition'' (1990). Substantive additions and deletions were made between the time of the Second Edition and the final version of ANSI Common Lisp. Also, series and generators were discussed in appendix matter of the Second Edition but were not a part of any working draft nor the final version of ANSI Common Lisp.

Although ANSI Common Lisp and the language dialects described by the two editions of ''Common Lisp the Language'' differ, the ANSI Common Lisp specification indirectly acknowledges the practical importance of ''Common Lisp the Language'' (first and second edition) by takingexplicitly suggesting the effort[[reserved to suggestword]]s (keywords) <code>:cltl1</code> and <code>:cltl2</code> for potential inclusion on the <code>*features*</code> list, allowing conditionals to be added to code that must interoperate between ANSI Common Lisp and those other dialects.

==See also==

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