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:IF-EXISTS :SUPERSEDE
- To: "Bernard S. Greenberg" <BSG%SCRC-TENEX@MIT-MC.ARPA>
- Subject: :IF-EXISTS :SUPERSEDE
- From: Scott E. Fahlman <Fahlman@CMU-CS-C.ARPA>
- Date: Wed, 07 Dec 1983 01:32:00 -0000
- Cc: Bug-Lispm%SCRC-TENEX@MIT-MC.ARPA, Common-Lisp@SU-AI.ARPA, CWH%SCRC-TENEX@MIT-MC.ARPA, file-protocol%SCRC-TENEX@MIT-MC.ARPA, jwalker%SCRC-TENEX@MIT-MC.ARPA, Moon%SCRC-TENEX@MIT-MC.ARPA, ROM%SCRC-TENEX@MIT-MC.ARPA, Wholey@CMU-CS-C.ARPA
- In-reply-to: Msg of 6 Dec 1983 10:28-EST from "Bernard S. Greenberg" <BSG%SCRC-TENEX at MIT-MC.ARPA>
OK, I went back and looked at the text and I agree that it is
unambiguous, as Moon says. Any ambiguity comes not from the text but
from the expectations of the reader. I think that we probably could
have come up with something a bit safer, but it is workable as it stands
and we should not mess with this until we start thinking about the next
round of improvements.
-- Scott