Putting the company name in the *FEATURES* list.

["BACH::GREEK" <greek%bach.decnet@hudson.dec.com>]

We at Digital didn't put our name in the *FEATURES* list, although I'm 
not sure why.  We did put VAX, COMMON, and VMS or ULTRIX in, I think.  
Hell, the community can't even agree that COMMON ought to go in for 
Common LISP.

I guess I agree that it would be useful.  However, some of the #+ and #- 
expressions are going to be frightening.  I pity the poor developer who 
has to worry about all these differences.

I also think this is all semi-useless without an official registrar for 
company names, dialect names, operating system names, machine names, 
etc.  Different people are going to assume different spellings and 
abbreviations for the same entity.  A few companies even have the same 
acronym.

Shall we add DEC, DIGITAL, or DIGITAL-EQUIPMENT-CORPORATION to the 
*FEATURES* list?

If you'll remember, I offered to be the Common LISP registrar about six 
months ago.  That went over like a lead balloon.

- Paul

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