The Common Lisp Condition System

The book "The Common Lisp Condition System" offers a comprehensive introduction to the condition system of Common Lisp. It is aimed at readers who wish to gain a deeper understanding of how this system works and its practical applications. The author, Michal 'phoe' Herda, takes a step-by-step approach to explain the fundamentals of the condition system and build it up piece by piece. Through a narrative approach, the reader is enabled to dynamically modify the code and influence the behavior of existing programs. In the second part of the book, a complete and ANSI-compliant implementation of the condition system is developed, with each step of the code being thoroughly tested. The book places particular emphasis on the extensibility of Lisp and covers both the handler and restart subsystems to provide a comprehensive understanding of the inner workings of the condition system.