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Re: Why is `nreverse' called `nreverse'?
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Stephen Berman |
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Re: Why is `nreverse' called `nreverse'? |
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Mon, 30 Oct 2023 10:17:44 +0100 |
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On Mon, 30 Oct 2023 07:00:36 +0100 Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> wrote:
> Hi all,
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> I know that the "n-" prefix means that it is destructive. But why "n-"?
> I also know that this comes from Common Lisp, but still -- why the
> letter "n-"?
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> TIA,
Paul Graham writes in ANSI Common Lisp (Chapter 12, page 202, footnote 2):
The n originally stood for "non-consing."
Steve Berman