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From: shebs@utah-cs.UUCP (Stanley Shebs)
Newsgroups: net.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: LISP evaluator question
Message-ID: <2213@utah-cs.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 16-Nov-83 04:30:38 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 16 04:30:38 1983
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It's debatable whether the function cell should be the same as the value
cell.  As I understand it, at one time PSL made them the same, then it was
decided to separate the two, to "avoid function-variable naming clashes"
(quoting the manual).  I fully agree with that reasoning - the set of
Lisp reserved words (the oblist) is sufficiently large (1000-2000) that
anything to reduce the possibility of conflicts is a good idea...

						stan the l.h.
						utah-cs!shebs