From 15793bf4538103a362fdbee1a3ad4f7a1ae28d8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ram <ram> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1992 02:02:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] *** empty log message *** --- general-info/beta-release-notes.txt | 19 +++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/general-info/beta-release-notes.txt b/general-info/beta-release-notes.txt index 2467e54a4..7058742ce 100644 --- a/general-info/beta-release-notes.txt +++ b/general-info/beta-release-notes.txt @@ -1,12 +1,19 @@ Release notes for CMU Common Lisp 15e, 25 February 92 -Mainly a bug-fix release. This will probably be the last version 15 release, -and is thus the most stable system you're going to see for a while. We're -reluctant to call this a "default" release because there still isn't any good -stack overflow detection, however that probably won't be fixed until the C -code rewrite associated with generational GC comes out (version 17 or later.) -We are also distributing the CMU CL user manual in Gnu Info format (in +15e is mainly a bug-fix release; it will probably be the last version 15 +release, and is thus the most stable system you're going to see for a while. +We're reluctant to call it a "default" release because some things are stably +broken: + -- There still isn't any good stack overflow detection. Probably stack + overflow detection won't appear until the C code rewrite associated with + generational GC comes out (version 17 or later.) + -- The Alien/foreign function call mechanism is fairly broken. It doesn't + work at all in interpreted code, and DEF-C-ROUTINE doesn't work properly + for many argument type signatures. We've redesigned and reimplemented + our foreign interface for version 16. + +We are now distributing the CMU CL user manual in Gnu Info format (in doc/cmu-user.info.) You can either have your EMACS maintainer install this in the info root, or you can use the info "g(<cmucl root dir>/doc/cmu-user.info)" command. Many thanks to Mike Clarkson (the LaTeXinfo maintainer) who -- GitLab