:Aluminum Book: [MIT] n. "Common LISP: The Language", by
Guy L. Steele Jr. (Digital Press, first edition 1984, second
edition 1990). Note that due to a technical screwup some printings
of the second edition are actually of a color the author describes
succinctly as "yucky green". See also {{book titles}}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Guy L. Steele Jr. (Digital Press, first edition 1984, second
edition 1990). Note that due to a technical screwup some printings
of the second edition are actually of a color the author describes
succinctly as "yucky green". See also {{book titles}}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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Manual",
Adobe Systems (Addison-Wesley, 1985; QA76.73.P67P67... - Yellow Book n.
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standard references on PostScript ("PostScript Language
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and Report",
so called because of the silver cover of the widely... - K&R: [Kernighan and Ritchie] n. Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie's
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tagging important textbooks and standards documents with the
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