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19.1 The Operating System

The Common Lisp function software-type returns a generic name for the Operating System. The Common Lisp function software-version returns information about the the version of the Operating System.

In particular software-type can be used to distinguish between systems based on MS Windows and those based on MS Windows NT. software-version allows you to identify variants such as Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000 and so on.. See the LispWorks Reference Manual for details.


LispWorks User Guide - 18 Feb 2003

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