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RE: critique: my-first-function
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Drew Adams |
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RE: critique: my-first-function |
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Tue, 14 Jun 2016 21:43:57 -0700 (PDT) |
> Is the "*" a convention of some kind that I should be aware of?
Sort of. Some functions that are similar to other functions use
the same base name as the latter, but with a `*' suffix. This is
more prominent in some lisps.
For example, Common Lisp has `do' and `do*'. `do*' is to `do' as
`let*' is to `let': the bindings of the `*' versions are evaluated
sequentially.