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 changes in sbcl-0.8.19 relative to sbcl-0.8.18:
+  * new port: SBCL now works in native 64-bit mode on x86-64/Linux
+    platform. The port supports 61-bit fixnums, large memory spaces
+    and reloading shared object files.
   * enhancement: saving cores with foreign code loaded is now
     supported on ppc/Darwin in addition to the previously supported
     platforms.
+  * bug fix: invalid :DEFAULT-INITARGS are detected in compiled calls
+    to MAKE-INSTANCE.
+  * bug fix: defaulted initargs are passed to INITIALIZE-INSTANCE and
+    SHARED-INITIALIZE methods from compiled calls to MAKE-INSTANCE.
+  * bug fix: COERCE to (COMPLEX FLOAT) of a complex number no longer
+    produces an error.  (thanks to Vincent Arkesteijn)
+  * bug fix: NAMESTRING on pathnames with :WILD components in their
+    directories works correctly.  (thanks to Artem V. Andreev)
+  * fixed bug 125: compiler preserves identity of closures. (reported
+    by Gabe Garza)
+  * build fix: fixed the dependence on *LOAD-PATHNAME* and
+    *COMPILE-FILE-PATHNAME* being absolute pathnames.
+  * on x86 compiler partially supports stack allocation of dynamic-extent
+    closures.
+  * fixed some bugs related to Unicode integration:
+    ** encoding and decoding errors are now much more robustly
+       handled; it should now be possible to recover even from invalid
+       input or output to the terminal.  (thanks to Teemu Kalvas)
+    ** provided a first cut at implementing STRING-TO-OCTETS and
+       OCTETS-TO-STRING.  (thanks to Robert J. Macomber)
+    ** altered the SB-MD5 contributed module slightly, changing the
+       interface just enough for it to be supportable for builds where
+       lisp characters are not eight bits.
+  * fixed some bugs revealed by Paul Dietz' test suite:
+    ** the FORMATTER-generated functions for ~V[ conditionals require
+       the correct number of arguments.
 
 changes in sbcl-0.8.18 relative to sbcl-0.8.17:
   * new feature: reloading changed shared object files with