Re: member returns list

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

Robert Thorpe <rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com> writes:

> Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> writes:
>>> or member* in emacs lisp since RMS doesn't want to
>>> rejoin the common community of lispers
>>
>> What is the story about that?
>
> I think the Common Lisp vs Emacs Lisp debate is fighting the last war.
>
> In the past Common Lisp was the only major lisp.  Lispers had to use
> that and learn it.  Using Emacs was natural and if a Lisper did then
> that meant learning Emacs Lisp too.  An obvious solution to this was to
> standardize on Common Lisp for Emacs too.
>
> Now though there's Clojure.  By the looks of things most new Lisp
> development is going to be done with Clojure not Common Lisp.  There's
> also Racket, and I expect quite a bit will be done with that.  So,
> switching Emacs to Common Lisp won't help much.

I wouldn't bet on it.  

Clojure is not standardized, it is a proprietary programming language.

It would be foolish and irresponsible for a corporation to use it,
instead of Common Lisp.

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