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From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: sds@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: 24.3.50; Use of deprecated ((lambda ...) ...) form
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2012 08:15:44 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <509D2C30.2000703@cs.ucla.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvy5ia4vn3.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>

On 11/09/2012 07:59 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Old doesn't make it good.  If you want to bind local variables,
> you know where to find `let', don't you?

I agree with Sam.  The equivalence of 'let' to 'lambda'
is a standard koan of Lisp.  We shouldn't discard it
so lightly.



  reply	other threads:[~2012-11-09 16:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-09 14:12 24.3.50; Use of deprecated ((lambda ...) ...) form Sam Steingold
2012-11-09 15:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-11-09 16:15   ` Paul Eggert [this message]
2012-11-09 16:38   ` Sam Steingold
2012-11-09 17:05     ` Glenn Morris
2012-11-09 19:22       ` Sam Steingold
2012-11-09 16:50   ` Drew Adams
2012-11-09 17:54     ` Stefan Monnier
2012-11-09 19:43       ` Sam Steingold
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-11-10  0:05 Barry OReilly
2012-11-10  1:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-11-10  7:16 ` Stephen J. Turnbull

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