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Why? They're just being honest about it. It's a large spec and it surely isn't that easy to convert it to a more modern format.
by somethingsimple 10y ago
Why? They're just being honest about it. It's a large spec and it surely isn't that easy to convert it to a more modern format.
- protomyth 10y agoPut up a pdf (if you have TeX you can get a pdf), but don't make some technical argument that makes you sound slow. This is marketing not a technical talk.
- kiiski 10y agoThe CLHS[1] they mentioned has been available online for ages. What they're talking about is making a more modern site. Generating a PDF from the spec wouldn't get them any closer to that goal. [1]: http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Front/index.htm http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Front/index...
- protomyth 10y agoThen don't put a specification link on the home page and wait until it is done. The text is non-helpful to marketing the language particularly when books are actually available and linkable that can be read now.
- blue1 10y agoIIRC the legal situation of the hyperspec is a bit weird and converting to other formats could be problematic. (Perhaps someone else may be more precise)
- eudox 10y agoThe HyperSpec is under LispWorks' copyright. The official ANSI document is copyrighted. The TeX sources of the spec, however, are fair game.