RE: [External] : Re: Why is `nreverse' called `nreverse'?

2023-10-30 Thread Drew Adams
Googling tells me this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4982732/what-word-is-abbreviated-by-n-in-names-of-destructive-lisp-functions which tells me this: https://gigamonkeys.com/book/they-called-it-lisp-for-a-reason-list-processing.html#destructive-operations --- via emacs-tangents mailing l

Re: Why is `nreverse' called `nreverse'?

2023-10-30 Thread Stephen Berman
On Mon, 30 Oct 2023 07:00:36 +0100 Marcin Borkowski wrote: > Hi all, > > I know that the "n-" prefix means that it is destructive. But why "n-"? > I also know that this comes from Common Lisp, but still -- why the > letter "n-"? > > TIA, Paul Graham writes in ANSI Common Lisp (Chapter 12, page

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