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Re: `if' in Elisp (was: Re: title-case function)


From: Emanuel Berg
Subject: Re: `if' in Elisp (was: Re: title-case function)
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 16:02:05 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux)

Drew Adams wrote:

>> Unbelievable, when/how did this happen?!
>
> After Lisp 1.5 and before Common Lisp v1 -
> 1970s probably. For Emacs Lisp, it's been the
> case since Day One, I believe.

?!?

I almost did no CL at all. Well, good thing
I like doing things as now I have many `progn'
to remove.

Another good thing I learned about `when' and
`unless' otherwise the progn would have been
even more numerous.

> http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/LISP/book/LISP%201.5%20Programmers%20Manual.pdf
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Lisp_the_Language
>
> http://www.math.utah.edu/docs/info/elisp_10.html#SEC110

Interesting, thank you!

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