history of the standard

From: Sam Steingold (sds_at_gnu.org)
Date: 01/28/05 

Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:46:14 -0500

why can typed structs and classes of the same name coexist?

(progn
  (defstruct (foo (:type vector)))
  (defclass foo () ())
  (list (make-foo) (make-instance 'foo)))

the standard specifies that the above must be legal. 

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