\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1}Introduction}{2} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2}Changes to System Features}{2} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.1}Debugging and Evaluation}{2} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.2}Top Level and Saved Workspaces}{3} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.3}IEEE NaN's and infinites}{4} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.4}New Garbage Collector and Memory Requirements}{4} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.5}Missing and Non-Numerical Data in Graphs}{4} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.6}Working Directories and Directory Function}{4} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.7}Version Information}{5} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.8}Content Backgrounds}{5} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {3}Changes in Specific Implementations}{5} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.1}Changes in the UNIX/X11 Version}{5} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2}Macintosh Changes and System 7 Support}{5} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.3}Changes in the Microsoft Windows Version}{8} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {4}Improvements in Common Lisp Support}{10} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.1}Introduction}{10} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.2}Data Types}{10} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.3}Scope and Extent}{11} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.4}Type Specifiers}{11} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.5}Program Structure}{11} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.6}Predicates}{11} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.7}Control Structure}{11} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.8}Macros}{12} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.9}Declarations}{13} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.10}Symbols}{13} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.11}Packages}{13} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.12}Numbers}{15} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.13}Characters}{15} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.14}Sequences}{15} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.15}Lists}{15} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.16}Hash Tables}{15} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.17}Arrays}{16} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.18}Strings}{16} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.19}Structures}{16} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.20}The Evaluator}{16} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.21}Streams}{16} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.22}Input/Output}{16} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.23}File System interface}{17} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.24}Errors}{18} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.25}Miscellaneous Features}{18} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.26}Loop}{18} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.27}Pretty Print}{19} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.28}CLOS}{19} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.29}Conditions}{19} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {5}Changes in the Statistical System}{20} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.1}New Random Number Generators}{20} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.2}Changes in the Object System}{20} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.2.1}Changes in the Linear Algera System}{21} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.3}Other Changes}{21} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {6}Deleted Functions}{21} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {A}The Step Function}{21}