Jean Louis writes:
>> Gosh, Jean, of course nobody would literally write (*) but (apply #'*
>> ...), and you'll find occurrences in emacs:
>
> That has been said that is not necessarily problem or reason.
I don't understand that sentence.
> Did you see reference to PicoLisp?
Yes, and I think
* Tassilo Horn [2023-01-19 18:35]:
> Jean Louis writes:
>
> > You found examples I am searching, though you can't provide references
> > where (*) is useful.
>
> Gosh, Jean, of course nobody would literally write (*) but (apply #'*
> ...), and you'll find occurrences in emacs:
That has been sa
* Tassilo Horn [2023-01-20 12:12]:
> Jean Louis writes:
>
> >> Gosh, Jean, of course nobody would literally write (*) but (apply #'*
> >> ...), and you'll find occurrences in emacs:
> >
> > That has been said that is not necessarily problem or reason.
>
> I don't understand that sentence.
>
>
Jean Louis writes:
>> Yes, and I think it's seriously wrong with
>>
>> : (+)
>> -> NIL
>>
>> where its docs say
>>
>> Returns the sum of all num arguments. When one of the arguments
>> evaluates to NIL, it is returned immediately.
>
> For some reason PicoLisp is quite different than ot
* Drew Adams [2023-01-19 20:47]:
> > I'm out. Enough information has been
> > presented to you to enable you to learn.
> > But I cannot learn for you, you must do
> > it yourself.
> > Michael.
>
> Bingo. Ditto. Shoulda just considered it
> as trolling perhaps. In any case, shoulda
> stopped
* Tassilo Horn [2023-01-20 16:14]:
> Jean Louis writes:
>
> >> Yes, and I think it's seriously wrong with
> >>
> >> : (+)
> >> -> NIL
> >>
> >> where its docs say
> >>
> >> Returns the sum of all num arguments. When one of the arguments
> >> evaluates to NIL, it is returned immediatel
