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mapcar in clojure wouldn't be limited to lists even if no one had though about the it at the time - this is the difference. There's a ton of CL code out there
by glymor 18y ago
mapcar in clojure wouldn't be limited to lists even if no one had though about the it at the time - this is the difference.
There's a ton of CL code out there that only works on cons lists, adding a sequence type doesn't solve this nor does it force people to use it or change existing code.
- anamax 18y agoI don't see the option of specialized functions as a bad thing. I also don't see why the existence of code that uses such functions is a bad thing.