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diff --git a/lang/cmucl/pkg-descr b/lang/cmucl/pkg-descr index 2b35d02954a0..75c0bed69359 100644 --- a/lang/cmucl/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/cmucl/pkg-descr @@ -1,25 +1,24 @@ -CMUCL is the CMU implementation of Common Lisp. This is a 18a -prerelease, probably the most stable version to get for FreeBSD. For -further information see http://www.cons.org/cmucl/ +CMUCL is the CMU implementation of Common Lisp. This is the 18a +prerelease, probably the most stable version to get for FreeBSD. 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 ...). There is a real user -manual that is currently adopted to 18a. See the homepage for -pointers, we have GNU info, postscript and initial HTML files. +...) (documentation ...) and (apropos ...). The WWW homepage contains +a pointer to a real user manual adopted for 18a. CMUCL's strength in comparison with other Lisp systems (or dynamic -languages in general) is its highly optimizing compiler. If you know +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. And CMUCL -helps you to write efficient Common Lisp, it generates very +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 (I.e. "Hemlock" Editor) are are on -ftp://ftp2.cons.org/pub/languages/lisp/cmucl/binaries/ (FreeBSD-Binaries) and -ftp://ftp2.cons.org/pub/languages/lisp/cmucl/ports/ (source) +applications and libraries (Eg. the "Hemlock" Editor) are are on +ftp://ftp2.cons.org/pub/languages/lisp/cmucl/binaries/ (FreeBSD-Binaries) +and ftp://ftp2.cons.org/pub/languages/lisp/cmucl/ports/ (source). -Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org> WWW: http://www.cons.org/cmucl/ + +- Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org> |