Subject: Re: using set!
From: rpw3@rigden.engr.sgi.com (Rob Warnock)
Date: 7 Jul 2001 00:56:47 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.lang.scheme
Message-ID: <9i5mof$1gnnr$1@fido.engr.sgi.com>
RMada82053 <rmada82053@aol.com> wrote:
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| this is a basic question.
| How does one use set! to make a function work better.
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Many might say that using set! *doesn't* "make a function work better".
Good programmers avoid them wherever possible/practical/feasible.
(Look for the topic "functional programming" in the literature.)


-Rob

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