memq is good -- it works, it's short, and without it I'd mess up
and use the wrong test. When I have failed to use memq, wiser folks
have suggested that I use it :)
Agreeged -- the giant
> ((lambda (a b c)
>
> ... big block of code...)
can take the will to read code right out of me.
Barton
-----maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu wrote: -----
>Then again, there are some purely syntactic things that would be nice to
>modernize, even if they are legal CL. Inline lambdas like
>
> ((lambda (a b c)
>
> ... big block of code...)
>
> aval
>
> bval
>
> cval)
>
>
>should definitely be replaced by let's. The only reason the code was
>written that way was because let didn't exist....
>
>
>On the other hand, a lot of Maxima's naming conventions for its own
>functions are perverse and confusing. Why is the equivalent of equal
>alike1 rather than alike, for example?
>
>
> -s
>
>
>
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