aluminum book

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

Aluminum Book
 n.

   [MIT] Common LISP: The Language, by Guy L. Steele Jr. (Digital Press,
   first edition 1984, second edition 1990). Note that due to a technical
   screwup some printings of the second edition are actually of a color
   the author describes succinctly as "yucky green". See also {book
   titles}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Aluminum Book
CLtL2

   <publication>

   ["Common LISP: The Language, 2nd Edition", {Guy L. Steele
   Jr.}, Digital Press 1990, ISBN 1-55558-041-6].

   Due to a technical screwup some printings of the second
   edition are actually what the author calls "yucky green".

   On-line version
   (http://cs.cmu.edu/Groups/AI/html/cltl/cltl2.html).

   See also {book titles}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1997-06-25)