From: derek@_NOSPAM_knosof.co.uk   
      
   gah,   
      
   > There is the "Handbook of Programming Languages", which is a four   
   > volume set edited by Peter Salus.   
      
   Thanks.  Lots of second hand copies of volume II, Imperative   
   languages.   
      
   There are the HOPL conference talks, of which the evolution of   
   Lisp paper is by far the best:   
   www.dreamsongs.com/Files/HOPL2-Uncut.pdf   
      
   --   
   Derek M. Jones   
   blog:shape-of-code.coding-guidelines.com   
   [At archive.org there are semi-legal scans of all four volumes   
   you can check out and read. -John]   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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