Re: if vs. when vs. and: style question

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> writes:

> If what you mean by "weaker" is some attempt at
> a formalization of "you can do less" then I do not
> agree that should be preferred by definition.
>
> For example, here
>
>     (1+ 5)  ; 6
>     (+ 1 5) ; 6

But then, why stop with +?

You could use instead:

   (funcall (additive-operator (ring integer))
            (neutral-element (multiplicative-operator (ring integer)))
            5) ; 6

or something even more general?


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