From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.vmunix.org!newsfeed.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news.brutele.be!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!nnum.kpnqwest.net!EU.net!nreader1.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Why is this code broken? References: Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3232713683236560@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 14 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 16:01:43 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@KPNQwest.no X-Trace: nreader1.kpnqwest.net 1023724903 193.71.199.50 (Mon, 10 Jun 2002 18:01:43 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 18:01:43 MET DST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:34662 * Adam Warner | ...and since the input points to a constant object it should not be | destructively modified. What, precisely, would make you quit whining and get with the program? Not related to this issue at all, I heard the term "retrophrenology" today, for the theory that aspects of personality and behavior may be altered by modifying the shape of the skull. -- 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. 70 percent of American adults do not understand the scientific process.