CommonLoops


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CommonLoops

(language)
Xerox's object-oriented Lisp which led to CLOS.

See also Portable CommonLoops.

ftp://arisia.xerox.com/pub/pcl/September-16-92-PCL-c.tar.Z.

["CommonLoops: Merging Lisp and Object-Oriented Programming", D.G. Bobrow et al, SIGPLAN Notices 21(11):17-29, Nov 1986].
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