From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news-x2.support.nl!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news2.kpn.net!news.kpn.net!nslave.kpnqwest.net!nloc.kpnqwest.net!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!nreader2.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Newbie - 2 MORE Small problems? References: <91B767C5406A2E5D.5706A96A8B156A73.008B5E36E251D3CE@lp.airnews.net> <3224720776260433@naggum.net> <0fbn8us36rts6j6oc753pe7lhtj9421hb2@4ax.com> <3224781627311493@naggum.net> <87zo1grsie.fsf@becket.becket.net> Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3224792161727500@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 12 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 23:35:51 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@KPNQwest.no X-Trace: nreader2.kpnqwest.net 1015803351 193.71.199.50 (Mon, 11 Mar 2002 00:35:51 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 00:35:51 MET Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:28401 * tb+usenet@becket.net (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) | I consider it bad form to introduce needless side-effects; when a setf | could be done in let, I always prefer let. Then again, I don't use | any languages that have setf; I use set!. :) set! is bad form. setf is not. Just another one of those differences between real Lisps like Common Lisp and toy lisps like Scheme. /// -- In a fight against something, the fight has value, victory has none. In a fight for something, the fight is a loss, victory merely relief.