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Here's a quick list of things which are yet to be done.  The order is
random.

A history of LISP development.

An   example   in  the   applications  section   which   is  strictly
non-numerical.  There should  be a usefuland non-trivial  application
in business data management, but I haven't had time to dredge one up.
Any suggestions are welcome.

Problably more should be said about searching. A quick tour of linear
search and hashing is inadequate.

There should be  an epilog  for the whole  book.  This  is part of  a
larger venture to be included in the last section.

The  sections in  storage and  efficiency are  not too  polished; the
discussion of strings needs improvement.  The section on "running  on
the machine" is bad.

There should be at least a quick tour of machine organization, paging
etc.

Many  more problems are  desparately needed. Any  suggestions will be
beneficial.

The discussions  of  call-by-value and  call-by-name are  not  strong
enough.  call-by-reference should at least be defined.

The last section  has been left out  since it is in a  state of flux.
It  covers an introduction to MTC through  LISP. It is a good lead-in
to Manna's book.