So, reading Alex’s comments and also the definition of the “joke” `setf` here:
On Thu, 27 Jun 2019 10:29 -04:00, Mike wrote: > https://github.com/picolisp/picolisp/blob/dev/misc/setf.l informs me that the answer to Bruno’s question is: yes, the concept in fact *does* exist in picolisp (by the use of its `set` primitive), rendering such as a `setf` entirely unnecessary (and un-idiomatic as well).