From: Tim Bradshaw
Subject: Giving LAMBDA a definition in CL
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 1994 16:27:26 +0000
Message-ID: <TFB.94Jul29172726@burns.cogsci.ed.ac.uk>

I'd like to be able to use LAMBDA the way you do in scheme, ie as a
special form that makes functions.  This obvious definition works in
CMUCL:

  (defmacro lambda ((&rest args) &body body)
    `(function (lambda (,@args) ,@body)))

Is this actually strictly legal in CL (other than possible issues of
redefining symbols in the COMMON-LISP package)?

--tim