<sect1 id="history">
<title>History</title>
<para>
- &clsql; is written by Kevin M. Rosenberg and based substantially
- on Pierre R. Mai's excellent &maisql; package. Recently, the UncommonSQL
- package has been ported and integrated with &clsql;. The main changes
- from &maisql; are:
+ &clsql; is written by Kevin M. Rosenberg in 2001 and was based
+ substantially on Pierre R. Mai's excellent &maisql; package. In
+ April 2004, Marcus Pearce ported the UncommonSQL to &clsql;
+ which provides a CommonSQL-compatible API for &clsql;. The main
+ changes from &maisql; are:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>port from the &cmucl; FFI to &uffi;.</para>