[E-Lang] Thanksgiving present for E programmers

[Mark S. Miller]

At 07:37 PM 11/21/00, Marc Stiegler wrote:
>But I believe (correct me if you
>disagree, markm) this is already the single most comprehensive document on
>how to actually write E programs yet written.

On the contrary, I overwhelmingly agree!  I think you did an amazing job!  
Lots of nits to follow, of course.

>There
>is one upward compatibility break I know of ... <unsafe:spec>

First nit: Actually, there are a few more.  The most visible is the 
multi-arity when-catch construct.  However, both of these are implemented in 
my draft of the upcoming stl-0.8.9k release.  In the release notes, I will 
document all the non-upwards compatibilities between 0.8.9 and stl-0.8.9k.  
Since stl-0.8.9k is actually much closer to the book, only after this 
release will I then try to enumerate the differences between stl-0.8.9k and 
the book.  I don't believe there will be many.


        Cheers,
        --MarkM