From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!uio.no!nntp.uio.no!ifi.uio.no!not-for-mail From: Erik Naggum Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Idiot's guide to special variables take 2 Date: 19 Nov 2002 04:25:24 +0000 Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 15 Message-ID: <3246668724440113@naggum.no> References: <3246463395155052@naggum.no> <87k7jcautp.fsf@darkstar.cartan> <3246632354249421@naggum.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: maud.ifi.uio.no 1037679924 20301 129.240.65.5 (19 Nov 2002 04:25:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ifi.uio.no NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Nov 2002 04:25:24 GMT Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:47138 * Kurt B. Kaiser | Actually, it is surprising to me (not being that familiar with CL) that | eval did not do its thing in the environment of the let. I looked it up, | and now understand that it uses the global environment. Why would it be | designed that way? Because it is an ordinary function. I am genuinely puzzled: Why is this so hard to grasp? -- Erik Naggum, Oslo, Norway Act from reason, and failure makes you rethink and study harder. Act from faith, and failure makes you blame someone and push harder.