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From: barmar@netcom.com (Barry Margolin)
Subject: Re: PARSE-FLOAT
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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 08:34:14 GMT
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In article <34nis8$dd0@info-server.bbn.com> chyde@bbn.com writes:
>In article <EYVIND.94Aug27160503@bingen.hrp.no> eyvind@hrp.no (Eyvind Ness) writes:
>--> I agree with that, but where is the PARSE-FLOAT built-in?

>been wondering this myself recently. is this an oversite, or what?

There are lots of data types that don't have a specific PARSE-<type>
function.  There's no PARSE-SYMBOL, PARSE-ARRAY, PARSE-COMPLEX,
PARSE-RATIONAL, etc.

CLIM provides much of this, in a much more useful form.
-- 
Barry Margolin                                                barmar@netcom.com

