Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!trwind!gumby!wiley!jay From: jay@wiley.uucp (Jay Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: SETQ vs SETF (was Re: Question about INTERN) Message-ID: <27A87424.38DF@wilbur.coyote.trw.com> Date: 31 Jan 91 19:46:43 GMT References: <1991Jan31.180524.21828@Think.COM> Sender: news@wilbur.coyote.trw.com (News Software) Reply-To: jay@wiley.UUCP (Jay Nelson) Organization: TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA Lines: 14 In article <1991Jan31.180524.21828@Think.COM> barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) writes: >A similar argument could be made for >abolishment of RPLACD and RPLACA. >-- >Barry Margolin, Thinking Machines Corp. True, true. But I still prefer to use RPLACD and RPLACA (only very rarely) because I want the intent well advertised. I tend to skim right over a (SETF (CAR ...) ...) because it looks like every other SETF in the code. Jay Nelson (TRW) jay@wilbur.coyote.trw.com