13 Jun
2011
13 Jun
'11
2:23 p.m.
On 6/12/2011 10:00 AM, Daniel Weinreb wrote:
I, myself, really dislike &aux. It has been so long since I have seen it that I have forgotten that it even exists. We never use it; and I should add that to our style guide.
I forgot to mention another reason I like &aux -- nostalgia. It is like using rplacd instead of (setf cdr), or the way some pitchers in baseball wear the old-fashioned leggings. Having come to Lisp late in the game, I like the punch card feel I get from the archaic forms, the sense of being there at the beginning.
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