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From: jag@jag@cmuitca.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.emacs
Subject: Re: bug in arg passing
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Date: Sun, 14-Aug-83 17:46:00 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 14 17:46:00 1983
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From:  James Gosling <cmuitca!jag@jag>

*sigh*  It is a feature, not a bug.  Clearly the product of
a diseased brain.  The only justification for it is that
(for example) the following implements a simple case
statement:

(defun (case
	  (arg (+ (arg 1) 1))))