From: barmar@Think.COM (Barry Margolin)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp.mcl
Subject: Common Lisp is a dpANS in Public Review!
Date: 19 Aug 92 19:52:00 GMT
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        lispworks@harlqn.co.uk, lucites@MAILBOX.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU,
        lucites-local@Think.COM, lucid-users@Think.COM

My apologies to those of you who are getting lots of copies of this
(both from me and Kent Pitman).  I wanted to make sure that it reaches
all the people to whom it should be relevant, and there's naturally
quite a bit of overlap.

Common Lisp is now a draft proposed American National Standard (dpANS)
and is in a period of public review that extends until November 23, 1992.
It's -not- an ANSI standard yet, but this is a major milestone in the
standardization process.  A press release from X3 containing further
details, including ordering information, follows at the end of this message.

Although review comments are not required to be in any particular form, 
we plan to publish a template which people can voluntarily comply with
if they have comments to make.  Information about that template will be
distributed soon over this same communication channel.

This message is a broadcast distribution to a very large number of
recipients.  PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THE FULL RECIPIENT LIST.  If you
have questions, please direct them to a smaller audience.

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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.

Purchase this standard in hard copy from:

	Global Engineering Documents, Inc.
	2805 McGaw Ave
	Irvine, CA  92714
		1-800-854-7179	(within USA)
		714-261-1455	(outside USA)

 Single Copy Price:	$80.00
 International Price:	$104.00

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