http://benatkin.com/2006/06/22/common-lisp-first-impressions/ Ben Atkin's blog Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:16:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://benatkin.com/2006/06/22/common-lisp-first-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Ben Atkin Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:23:16 +0000 http://www.benatkin.com/weblog/?p=38#comment-31 Good point. After reading your comment I realized that I used "list" as an argument in my own code. It's nice to not have to worry about an argument shadowing a function or macro in Common Lisp. Good point. After reading your comment I realized that I used “list” as an argument in my own code. It’s nice to not have to worry about an argument shadowing a function or macro in Common Lisp.

]]> http://benatkin.com/2006/06/22/common-lisp-first-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Zach Beane Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:23:40 +0000 http://www.benatkin.com/weblog/?p=38#comment-30 It's not commonly bad style to have a function and variable sharing the same name. If "list" is the best name for a variable, CL programmers don't hesitate to use it. When writing an automobile-related application, they wouldn't hesitate to use CARs all the time. It’s not commonly bad style to have a function and variable sharing the same name. If “list” is the best name for a variable, CL programmers don’t hesitate to use it. When writing an automobile-related application, they wouldn’t hesitate to use CARs all the time.

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