|  | ANSI Common Lisp  25 Environment  25.2 Dictionary of Environment 
 
| 25.2.26  machine-instance | Function |  
 Syntax:
machine-instance
 < no arguments > 
   description 
Arguments and Values:
description - a string or nil.
Description:
Returns a string that identifies the particular instance of
the computer hardware on which Common Lisp is running, 
or nil if no such string can be computed.
Examples:
 (machine-instance)
 "ACME.COM"
OR  "S/N 123231"
OR  "18.26.0.179"
OR  "AA-00-04-00-A7-A4" 
Affected By:
The machine instance,
and the implementation.
See Also:
machine-type, machine-version
Allegro CL Implementation Details:
 None. |