[cells-devel] Release update

[Kenny Tilton]

Thomas F. Burdick wrote:

>Kenny Tilton writes:
> > One issue with CLisp was some crazy defstruct/include/conc-name 
> > behavior. Gratuitous noncompliance crap. Hsssss! :) That is why all the 
> > Cell defstructs have different conc-names.
>
>I had wondered about that.  It did make the SBCL port more "exciting"
>because there were a couple cases of using a subclass' accessor on a
>parent class, which SBCL is picky about.
>
Hmm. I seem to recall this. You could have gone (and can go) ahead and 
fix any of those. Good for SBCL!

>  I had meant to malign the
>conc-name decision, but I guess I forgot :-)
>  
>
When I saw you cross swords with Sam or Bruno on c.l.l. over gratuitous 
differences i thought this issue might be part of it. One of them 
actually responded to me on this issue and heartily defended their 
approach. Oh, well. Glad to see their other progress on MOP and FFI. I 
wonder if they still mess up this concname thing.

kt

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