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From: lgm@cbnewsc.att.com (lawrence.g.mayka)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.scheme
Subject: Re: Virtues of Lisp syntax
Summary: Multiple value return is available in Common Lisp
Message-ID: <1990Sep18.002137.10940@cbnewsc.att.com>
Date: 18 Sep 90 00:21:37 GMT
References: <33709@cup.portal.com> <1990Sep10.091911.20877@hellgate.utah.edu> <PCG.90Sep13135243@odin.cs.aber.ac.uk>
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In article <PCG.90Sep13135243@odin.cs.aber.ac.uk>, pcg@cs.aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi) writes:
> The real challenge here is that we want some syntax that says, apply
> this operator symbol to these arguments and return these value_s_. Even
> lisp syntax does not really allow us to easily produce multiple values.

Common Lisp supports multiple value return with a fairly simple syntax.


	Lawrence G. Mayka
	AT&T Bell Laboratories
	lgm@iexist.att.com

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