To a limit. Admittedly, having different argument types is pretty useful but still, 5 independent parts with their own semantics some of which may not be usable

To a limit. Admittedly, having different argument types is pretty useful but still, 5 independent parts with their own semantics some of which may not be usable in certain contexts* ? how are auxiliary arguments useful in the general case? This still does not affect the rest of my claims. Having multiple execution models in the same language is bloated. So are many other things in the CL standard. * Details: http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/03_da.htm http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/03_da....