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 changes in sbcl-0.8.18 relative to sbcl-0.8.17:
   * new feature: reloading changed shared object files with
     LOAD-SHARED-OBJECT now causes the new definitions to take effect.
+  * new feature: references to foreign variables and functions
+    can now be compiled and loaded before the corresponding shared 
+    object file is loaded, as long as the foreign definitions are
+    available at runtime.
   * Solaris 10 (aka SunOS 5.10) on the SPARC platform is now
     supported.  (thanks to Dan Debertin)
   * fixed bug #331: structure-class instances corresponding to
@@ -16,6 +20,9 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.18 relative to sbcl-0.8.17:
   * bug fix: RANDOM can be compiled when the compiler derives the type
     of its numeric argument as a disjoint set of small integers.
     (reported by Paul Dietz)
+  * bug fix: starting a core saved with shared objects loaded when
+    those objects are not available no longer causes threaded SBCL to 
+    hang. (reported by Sean Ross)
   * fixed some bugs related to Unicode integration:
     ** RUN-PROGRAM can allow its child to take input from a Lisp
        stream.  (reported by Stefan Scholl)