The ANSI standard for Common Lisp is very large. Its
introduction states it "is a language specification aimed at an
audience of implementors and knowledgeable programmers. It is
neither a tutorial nor an implementation guide." While the
document is considered an excellent language standard, its size
(about 1400 pages) and organization place formidable
difficulties when researching specific language questions. This
search page is a tool that can reliably find all the scattered
references to a particular element of the language. Starting in
1986 the X3J13 technical subcommittee of X3 (since renamed
NCITS) drafted a standard for Common Lisp. It was officially
adopted by ANSI in 1994 as ANSI X3.226-1994. That document is
the definitive standard for Common Lisp and can be ordered from
ANSI in paper form ($350). The ANS is a very large standard,
about 1400 pages in printed form. As the technical deliberations
of X3J13 were nearing completion, it became apparent to the
committee that the editorial task to draft the