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From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.no>
Subject: Re: EVAL Implementations
Date: 1996/08/18
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Robert Munyer says that `setq' at top-level establishes a global variable
without making it special.  there is really no such thing.  a variable is
either lexical or it is not.  the "not lexical" in Common Lisp is
"special".  for more information on the environments in Common Lisp, see
the Common Lisp Hyperspec at Harlequin, Inc, section 3.1.1 Introduction to
Environments.

    http://www.harlequin.com/books/HyperSpec/Body/sec_3-1-1.html

#\Erik