                                                21 Aug 92
Dear Reader,

This draft version is the final one forwarded by X3J13 for approval by
X3 and SPARC.  Please read this document in detail before attempting to
make any Public Review comments.

Thank you for your interest in Lisp, and in the standardization process.
 Sincerely,
 Kent M. Pitman

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     Mail          Kent M. Pitman
		   X3J13 Technical Editor
		   Symbolics, Inc.
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Notes about the attached files:

 - The files named *.dvi (that is, the files chap-0.dvi, chap-1.dvi, ..., 
   chap-26.dvi, and chap-a.dvi) constitute the the typeset draft document.

 - The files *.tex and index.idx are the TeX source files.  Most people will
   not need these in order to produce the draft.

 - The file issue-index.text is a mapping from technical issues to document
   page numbers.

 - The file Reviewer-Notes.text is this file.

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 Draft 12.24

 Chap  Description                              Pages
  0. Cover, Contents, Figures, Credits, Index   53
  1. Scope, Organization, References, Defs, 
     Compliance, Extensions, ALL CL Symbols     50
  2. Syntax                                     42
  3. Evaluation and Compilation                106
  4. Types and Classes                          44
  5. Flow of Control                           106
  6. Iteration                                  44
  7. Objects                                    96
  8. Structures                                 20
  9. Condition                                  76
 10. Structures                                 26
 11. Packages                                   44
 12. Numbers                                    92
 13. Characters                                 28
 14. Conses                                     64
 15. Arrays                                     42
 16. Strings                                    16
 17. Sequences                                  38
 18. Hash Tables                                18
 19. Filenames                                  40
 20. Files                                      12
 21. Streams                                    62
 22. Printer                                    80
 23. Reader                                     26
 24. System Construction                        18
 25. Environment                                34
 26. Glossary                                   70
  A. Appendix                                    4

 1351 total pages.


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A copy of the X3 press release follows.
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Accredited Standards Committee (*)
X3, Information Processing Systems

                                        Doc No.:        X3/92-1710-X S
                                        Date:           July 23, 1992
                                        Proj. No.:      574-D
                                        Reply To:       Lynn Barra
                                                        (202) 626-5738
NEWS RELEASE

          X3 ANNOUNCES THE PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT PERIOD ON
             X3.226-199X, PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE COMMON LISP

Washington, D.C.--Accredited Standards Committee X3, Information
Processing Systems announces the four-month public review and comment
period on X3.226, 199x, Programming Language Common Lisp.  THE COMMENT
PERIOD EXTENDS FROM JULY 24, 1992 THROUGH NOVEMBER 23, 1992.

The specification set forth in this document is designed to promote the
portability of Common Lisp programs among a variety of data processing
systems.  It is a language specification aimed at an audience of
implementors and knowledgeable programmers.  It is neither a tutorial
nor an implementation guide.

The X3 Secretariat is investigating the possibility of making these
files available in electronic format, on disk as well as on CompuServe.
If you have a need for either or both, please contact Dan Arnold at
(202) 626-5747 (email address from CompuServe "75300,2354" or if from
Internet or another source: "75300.2354@compuserve.com").

THE COMMENT PERIOD ENDS ON NOVEMBER 23, 1992.  Public review comments
must be submitted (to this office and ANSI) in hard copy format.
Please send all comments to:  X3 Secretariat, Attn.: Lynn Barra, 1250
Eye Street NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005-3922.  Send a copy to:
American National Standards Institute, Attn: BSR Center, 11 West 42nd
St. 13th Floor, New York, NY 10036.

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