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+++ b/FAQ
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions and answers) for SLIB Scheme Library (slib2a6).
+FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions and answers) for SLIB Scheme Library (slib2c0).
 Written by Aubrey Jaffer (jaffer@ai.mit.edu).
 
 		INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INFORMATION
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ Scheme is a programming language in the Lisp family.
 SLIB is currently supported by Chez, ELK 2.1, GAMBIT, MacScheme,
 MITScheme, scheme->C, Scheme48, T3.1, SCM and VSCM
 
-[]	How can I get SLIB?
+[]	How can I obtain SLIB?
 
 SLIB is available via ftp from:
- ftp-swiss.ai.mit.edu:pub/scm/slib2a6.tar.gz
- prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/jacal/slib2a6.tar.gz
- ftp.maths.tcd.ie:pub/bosullvn/jacal/slib2a6.tar.gz
- ftp.cs.indiana.edu:/pub/scheme-repository/imp/slib2a6.tar.gz
+ ftp-swiss.ai.mit.edu:pub/scm/slib2c0.tar.gz
+ prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/jacal/slib2c0.tar.gz
+ ftp.maths.tcd.ie:pub/bosullvn/jacal/slib2c0.tar.gz
+ ftp.cs.indiana.edu:/pub/scheme-repository/imp/slib2c0.tar.gz
 
 SLIB is also included with SCM floppy disks.
 
@@ -44,13 +44,15 @@ prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/texinfo-3.1.tar.gz
 
 []	How often is SLIB released?
 
-SLIB was released 9 times in 1993.
+SLIB was released twice in 1996.
 
 []	What is the latest version?
 
-The version as of this writing is slib2a6.
+The version as of this writing is slib2c0.  The latest documentation
+is available online at:
+ http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~jaffer/SLIB.html
 
-[]	What version am I using?
+[]	Which version am I using?
 
 The Version is in the first line of the files slib/FAQ, slib/ANNOUNCE,
 and slib/README.  If you have Scheme and SLIB running, type
@@ -162,7 +164,7 @@ message contains non-terminating or large expressions, the essential
 information of the message may be lost in the ensuing deluge.
 
 FORMAT as currently written in SLIB is not reentrant.  Until this is
-fixed exception handlers and errors which might occur while using
+fixed, exception handlers and errors which might occur while using
 FORMAT cannot use it.
 
 		MACROS
@@ -180,8 +182,8 @@ powerful to accomplish tasks macros are often written to do.
 	in SLIB?
 
 Most current Scheme implementations predate the adoption of the R4RS
-macro specification.  It turns out that all of the implementations
-can support defmacro natively.
+macro specification.  All of the implementations except scheme48
+version 0.45 support defmacro natively.
 
 []	I did (LOAD "slib/yasos.scm").  The error I get is "variable
 	define-syntax is undefined".
@@ -192,25 +194,26 @@ The way to load the struct macro package is (REQUIRE 'YASOS).
 	CELL?)  The error I get is "variable define-predicate is
 	undefined".
 
-If like most implementations, your Scheme does not natively support
-R4RS macros you will need to install a macro-capable read-eval-print
-loop.  This is done by:
+If your Scheme does not natively support R4RS macros (most
+implementations), you will need to install a macro-capable
+read-eval-print loop.  This is done by:
  (require 'macro)	;already done if you did (require 'yasos)
  (require 'repl)
  (repl:top-level macro:eval)
 
-This is also true for Schemes which don't support DEFMACRO.  The lines
-in this case are:
+This would also be true for a Scheme implementation which didn't
+support DEFMACRO.  The lines in this case would be:
  (require 'repl)
  (repl:top-level defmacro:eval)
 
-[]	I always use R4RS macros.  How can I avoid having to type
-	require statements every time I start Scheme?
+[]	I always use R4RS macros with an implementation which doesn't
+	natively support them.  How can I avoid having to type require
+	statements every time I start Scheme?
 
-As is explained in the Repl entry in slib.info (or slib.texi):
+As explained in the Repl entry in slib.info (or slib.texi):
 
  To have your top level loop always use macros, add any interrupt
- catching lines and the following lines to your Scheme init file:
+ catching code and the following script to your Scheme init file:
   (require 'macro)
   (require 'repl)
   (repl:top-level macro:eval)