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What does the `f' stand for in `setf'? I started to read Graham's book =
and this question has been nagging at me. `p' is for predicate, but I =
can't think of anything that `f' would stand for. I couldn't find =
anything that made sense in the Hyperspec (probably because I haven't =
yet assimilated a working idea of the language).
Please forgive my question, if stupid. I'm moving from Scheme to CL and =
I am trying to get familiar with the new landscape.
Thanks!
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John Fraser
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In article <··················@nwrddc02.gnilink.net>,
John Fraser <···············@verizon.net> wrote:
>What does the `f' stand for in `setf'? I started to read Graham's book
>and this question has been nagging at me. `p' is for predicate, but I
>can't think of anything that `f' would stand for. I couldn't find
>anything that made sense in the Hyperspec (probably because I haven't yet
>assimilated a working idea of the language).
I think it stands for "form", which is what we used to call expressions.
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Barry Margolin, ··············@level3.com
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