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 Date:  5-SEP-73  154
 From: MASINTER at PARC-MAXC
 Re:   ANOTHER PATTERN PROBLEM IS: THERE ARE
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 TOO MANY EXTRA CHECKS WHEN A * IS GIVEN -- ALTHOUGH IT CANMATCHNIL,
 THE CHECK IS IMPLICITELY DONE AT THE END; THUS NO CHECK NEED BE DONE
 INTERNALLY.
   SOLUTION: CHANGED THE (* . &) OR (* . $) TO SOMEHTING ELSE WHICH
 CAN'T MATCH NIL, AND SO THAT THE WM IN (* . &) DOESN'T CALL THE
 LOWER MATCHWM WITH (& ...)
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