Erann Gat <gat@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
+---------------
| 4. I find $foo to be more aesthetically pleasing than *foo*,
|    notwithstanding my utter disdain for Perl.
+---------------

Wel... uh..., I find myself often using $1, $2, $3... as *lexical*
variables[1] -- by analogy to /bin/sh, rather than Perl -- and
would be somewhat irked if I could no longer do that. So there.  ;-}


-Rob

[1] Mostly inside a readmacro that does lambda abbreviations:

	#$(* (+ 3 $2) $1)  ==> (lambda ($1 $2) (* (+ 3 $2) $1))

    Almost never used in source code saved in files, but
    *very* convenient when typing MAPCARs into the REPL.

    [Note: The actual lambda list also defines "&REST $*"...  ;-}  ]

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