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BRUCE,
I AM A BIT UPSET ABOUT YOUR PROBLEMS WITH THE COMPILER.
THERE SHOULD BE NO PROBLEM WITH LAMBDA'S WITH MORE THAN ONE EXPRESSION.
(ONE EXEPTION, SEE BELOW). YOUR COMPILER IS FAIRLY CURRENT. (LAST VERSION
HERE ABOUT 14-FEB). WE HAVE BEEN USING THIS COMPILER IN VARIOUS VERSIONS,
AND MOST OF THE CODE WRITTEN HERE CONSISTS OF LAMBDA'S WITH MULTIPLE
EXPRESSIONS. WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE FURTHER INFO ON YOUR PROBLEMS.
THE EXCEPTION MENTIONED HAS TO DO WITH INTERNAL LAMBDA'S.
THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN CORRECTED IN THE VERSION AFTER YOURS.
DARYLE LEWIS MADE THE FIX. I CAN EITHER SEND YOU A COPY OF THE
LATEST VERSION OR SEND YOU THE FIX. (THIS WAS A LONG STANDING PROBLEM,
AND I CAN'T FIND MY NOTE ON THE FIX).
SORRY ABOUT THE GETSEG UUO. OTHER POTENTIAL PROBLEMS:
1.SYSTEM ASSUMES PPN'S ARE INUM'S. APPROX LINE 1130 IN MACRO CODE.
2.THE AFOREMENTIONED ALTMODE PROBLEM.
3.PROGN OFTEN CAUSES A COMPILER ERROR WHEN USED AS A PREDICATE
(SEEMS TO BE WHEN ONE OF THE PROGN EXPRESSIONS IS AN AND OR AN OR I.E.
...(AND(PROGN ...(AND ...)..)E2)
THE CONTEXT IS A BIT MORE COMPLEX THAN THIS. WHIT WROTE THE CODE, SO
YOU CAN CONFER WITH HIM OR WAIT UNTIL I FIX (ABOUT TWO WEEKS AT CURRENT
LOAD).
 NEED MORE INFO ON COMPIER PROBLEM BEFORE I CAN OFFER ASSISTANCE.
                                                JEFF JACOBS

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