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.TH LISP 1 "1 October 1980"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
lisp \- lisp interpreter
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B lisp
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Lisp
is a lisp interpreter for a dialect which
closely resembles MIT's M\s-2ACLISP\s0.
This lisp, known as F\s-2RANZ\s0\ L\s-2ISP\s0, features
an I/O facility which allows the user to change the input
and output syntax, add
macro characters, and maintain compatibility with upper-case
only lisp systems;
infinite precision integer arithmetic, and
an error facility which allows the user to trap system errors in 
many different ways.
Interpreted functions may be mixed with code compiled by
.IR liszt (1)
and both may be debugged using the
``Joseph Lister'' trace package.
A
.I lisp
containing compiled and interpreted code may be dumped into
a file for later use.
.LP
There are too many functions to list here; one should refer to the
manuals listed below.
.SH AUTHORS
An early version was written by Jeff Levinsky, Mike Curry, and John Breedlove.
Keith Sklower wrote and is maintaining the current version,
with the assistance of John Foderaro.
The garbage collector was implemented by Bill Rowan.
.SH FILES
.ta 2.4i
/usr/lib/lisp/trace.l	Joseph Lister trace package
.br
/usr/lib/lisp/toplevel.l	top level read-eval-print loop
.SH SEE ALSO
liszt(1), 
lxref(1)
.br
`F\s-2RANZ\s0\ L\s-2ISP\s0  Manual, Version 1'
by John K. Foderaro
.br
M\s-2ACLISP\s0 Manual
.SH "BUGS"
The error system is in a state of flux and not all error messages are
as informative as they could be.
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d57921d3 C	1	.TH LISP 1 "1 October 1980"
	2	.UC 4
	3	.SH NAME
	4	lisp \- lisp interpreter
	5	.SH SYNOPSIS
	6	.B lisp
	7	.SH DESCRIPTION
	8	.I Lisp
	9	is a lisp interpreter for a dialect which
	10	closely resembles MIT's M\s-2ACLISP\s0.
	11	This lisp, known as F\s-2RANZ\s0\ L\s-2ISP\s0, features
	12	an I/O facility which allows the user to change the input
	13	and output syntax, add
	14	macro characters, and maintain compatibility with upper-case
	15	only lisp systems;
	16	infinite precision integer arithmetic, and
	17	an error facility which allows the user to trap system errors in
	18	many different ways.
	19	Interpreted functions may be mixed with code compiled by
	20	.IR liszt (1)
	21	and both may be debugged using the
	22	``Joseph Lister'' trace package.
	23	A
	24	.I lisp
	25	containing compiled and interpreted code may be dumped into
	26	a file for later use.
	27	.LP
	28	There are too many functions to list here; one should refer to the
	29	manuals listed below.
	30	.SH AUTHORS
	31	An early version was written by Jeff Levinsky, Mike Curry, and John Breedlove.
	32	Keith Sklower wrote and is maintaining the current version,
	33	with the assistance of John Foderaro.
	34	The garbage collector was implemented by Bill Rowan.
	35	.SH FILES
	36	.ta 2.4i
	37	/usr/lib/lisp/trace.l Joseph Lister trace package
	38	.br
	39	/usr/lib/lisp/toplevel.l top level read-eval-print loop
	40	.SH SEE ALSO
	41	liszt(1),
	42	lxref(1)
	43	.br
	44	`F\s-2RANZ\s0\ L\s-2ISP\s0 Manual, Version 1'
	45	by John K. Foderaro
	46	.br
	47	M\s-2ACLISP\s0 Manual
	48	.SH "BUGS"
	49	The error system is in a state of flux and not all error messages are
	50	as informative as they could be.