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Re: What?

In article <joswig-401875.00544913082002@news.fu-berlin.de>,
 Rainer Joswig <joswig@lispmachine.de> wrote:

> In article <bruce-E88BE7.10395213082002@copper.ipg.tsnz.net>,
>  Bruce Hoult <bruce@hoult.org> wrote:
> 
> > > The good thing is that each "expression" and "sub-expression"
> > > has surrounding parentheses.
> > 
> > Well that's where you're wrong.
> > 
> > ":bar 4" is a sub-expression, but has no surrounding parentheses.
> > ":accessor foo-slot" is a sub-expression, but has no surrounding 
> > parentheses.
> > "from 3 below 10" is a sub-expression, but has no surrounding 
> > parentheses.
> 
> One needs to find a "practical" compromise when designing
> these forms and their usage - in general it is quite
> okay.

I quite agree.


> For the "from 3 below 10", the ITERATE macro is more
> in line with Lisp style and the LOOP macro feels a little
> bit alien.

It's right at home in Dylan :-)

-- Bruce