PSL Manual 7 February 1983
Preface
Preface
Preface
This Portable LISP implementation would not have been started without the
effort and inspiration of the original STANDARD LISP reporters (A.
C. Hearn, J. Marti, M. L. Griss and C. Griss) and the many people who gave
freely of their advice (often unsolicited!). We especially appreciate the
comments of A. Norman, M. Rothstein, H. Stoyan and T. Ager.
It would not have been completed without the efforts of the many people
who have worked arduously on SYSLISP and PSL at various levels: Eric
Benson, Will Galway, Ellen Gibson, Martin Griss, Bob Kessler, Steve Lowder,
Chip Maguire, Beryl Morrison, Don Morrison, Bobbie Othmer, Bob Pendleton,
and John Peterson.
We are also grateful for the many comments and significant contributions
by the LISP users at the Hewlett-Packard Computer Research Center in Palo
Alto.
This document has been worked on by most members of the current Utah
Symbolic Computation Group. The primary editorial function has been in the
hands of B. Morrison, M. L. Griss, B. Othmer, and W. Galway; major sections
have been contributed by E. Benson, W. Galway, and D. Morrison.
This is a preliminary version of the manual, and so may suffer from a
number of errors and omissions. Please let us know of problems you may
detect.
We have also made some stylistic decisions regarding Font to indicate
semantic classification and Case to make symbols more readable. Based on
feedback from users of the earlier 3.0 PSL release and manual, we have
decided to use LISP syntax as the primary description language; where
appropriate RLISP syntax also appears. We would appreciate comments on
these and other decisions.
Based on feedback from numerous users, this issue of the manual uses LISP
syntax rather than RLISP as the primary description language; where
appropriate, RLISP syntax also appears.
Report bugs, errors and mis-features by sending MAIL to PSL-BUGS@Utah-20;
Bug
Bug
alternatively, send a message to Griss from within PSL by calling the Bug
function, BUG(); in RLISP.
Permission is given to copy this manual for internal use with the PSL
system.