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Re: Common Lisp: First Impressions

Ben Atkin — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:23:16 -0000

Good point. After reading your comment I realized that I used "list" as an argument in my own code. It's nice to not have to worry about an argument shadowing a function or macro in Common Lisp.

Re: Common Lisp: First Impressions

Zach Beane — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:23:40 -0000

It's not commonly bad style to have a function and variable sharing the same name. If "list" is the best name for a variable, CL programmers don't hesitate to use it. When writing an automobile-related application, they wouldn't hesitate to use CARs all the time.