From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news2.kpn.net!news.kpn.net!nslave.kpnqwest.net!nloc.kpnqwest.net!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!nreader1.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Why is there no letstruct in Lisp? References: <3BDF121F.6141523D@yale.edu> Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3213491617118961@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 13 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 04:33:37 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@Norway.EU.net X-Trace: nreader1.kpnqwest.net 1004502817 193.71.66.49 (Wed, 31 Oct 2001 05:33:37 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 05:33:37 MET Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:18857 * Drew McDermott | Why is there no X in Lisp? Because those who request it have not specified and implemented X and given the community a good reason to adopt their design. This is true for all values of X for which this annoyingly invalid question is asked. /// -- Norway is now run by a priest from the fundamentalist Christian People's Party, the fifth largest party representing one eighth of the electorate. -- Carrying a Swiss Army pocket knife in Oslo, Norway, is a criminal offense.