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Special Section: Lisp ===================== p.27 - Introduction (John Foderaro, guest editor) p.28 - CLOS: Integrating Object-Oriented and Functional Programming (Richard P. Gabriel, Jon L. White, and Deniel G. Bobrow) p.40 - Philosophy of Lisp (Kenneth H. Sinclair and David A. Moon) + p.46 - The Metal System (Oliver Gajek) p.48 - Lisp Systems in the 1990s (D. Kevin Layer and Chris Richardson) + p.58 - CLIM: The Common Lisp Interface Manager (Scott McKay) + p.59 - LispView: Leverage Through Integration (Hans Muller) + p.61 - Delivering the Goods with Lisp (Richard Barber and George Imlah) p.64 - Real-Time Programming in Common Lisp (James R. Allard and Lowell B. Hawkinson) + p.69 - Biosphere 2 Nerve System (Rocky L. Stewart) Articles ======== p.72 - On Building Systems That Will Fail (Fernando J. Corbató) p.82 - An Interview with Fernando Jose Corbató (Karen A. Frenkel) Columns ======= p.19 - International Perspectives: Computing and the Resuscitation of Romania (Seymour E. Goodman) p.23 - Log on Education: How the Nintendo Generation Learns (Elliot Soloway) p.122 - Inside RISKS: The Not-So-Accidental Holist (Peter G. Neumann) Departments =========== p.5 - Editorial Pointers p.11 - News Track p.13 - President's Letter p.16 - Forum p.96 - Calendar of Events p.100 - Calls for Papers p.104 - Index to Advertisers p.116 - Career Opportunities Cover art by Cary Henrie.