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Re: Appending lists


From: Emanuel Berg
Subject: Re: Appending lists
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 18:59:31 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Philip Kaludercic wrote:

> Change that to
>
> (let* ((list-1 '(a b c))
>        (list-2 (nconc list-1 '(1 2 3))))
>   (eq list-1 list-2)) ;; => t
>
> and the point should be obvious. This is a confusion on
> a superficial level, just like how beginners in C-like
> languages find it weird that you can write something like
>
>     x = x + 1

I wouldn't go that far, as that (x = x + 1) is a matter of
syntax, rather this (the lists) is easy when you understand it
and difficult when you don't.

When you can't juggle, it seems and is difficult.
At a superficial level?

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