From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: append, push, and add-to-list. Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2021 17:41:21 +0200 Message-ID: <20210705154121.GB6395@tuxteam.de> References: <87o8bgg6br.fsf@zoho.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="nVMJ2NtxeReIH9PS" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="19531"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 05 17:42:00 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1m0QjQ-0004nU-Qc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 05 Jul 2021 17:42:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42126 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m0QjP-0003EM-T5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 05 Jul 2021 11:41:59 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58678) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m0Qj0-0003Cv-4N for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jul 2021 11:41:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.tuxteam.de ([5.199.139.25]:32838) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m0Qiw-0008Dh-A6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jul 2021 11:41:33 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tuxteam.de; s=mail; h=From:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:Date; bh=dNMzQspo75H1IFk1dHgTbVbtJlnk8W3X9uQOvZhwUfE=; b=B5/ItUEWoKT0iLkkTciilkA9XdNAwHrDMSvwvPXNJRdhAkKvFciuzcDkIGMVn19hTnBty1BfjkDmXFp/7VWz9c6r8oINrO7gSI2JyZQOxZXTC/nfHwlcixlXQoC8IcFKGQViqPDjQ37DOznsPGF8bP8XbLI1yEhoHAYP56LGXGufCczFc8wnPJSbKAVy1n+qADKZBNNroCv/aYJv/wk58o5Wd/x3LIJSMFEFwRCrea0C1yKm8dWHAV3NURszCPtZzfDFWS4LfoD7xVentYcTi3uallzx9Nwe3eEvE4tO9/Yjn8NuV/ufETtgcy4feTF02frbAcvJetAR/7F7TQUwCg==; Original-Received: from tomas by mail.tuxteam.de with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1m0Qin-0002Um-6D for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jul 2021 17:41:21 +0200 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87o8bgg6br.fsf@zoho.eu> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=5.199.139.25; envelope-from=tomas@tuxteam.de; helo=mail.tuxteam.de X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:131480 Archived-At: --nVMJ2NtxeReIH9PS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline On Mon, Jul 05, 2021 at 04:53:44PM +0200, Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor wrote: [...] > But ... ultimately one writes code so the computer can execute > it, and not so that a human can read it. So maybe one > shouldn't quote empty lists? There's at least one wise person who put that exactly the other way around: "Programming is the art of telling another human being what one wants the computer to do" -- D.E.Knuth [1] Cheers [1] https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2012/4/147340-reading-cs-classics/fulltext - t --nVMJ2NtxeReIH9PS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEUEARECAAYFAmDjKCEACgkQBcgs9XrR2kaFRQCbBz3dxA3bt5vlj9snGepfAWiS dIwAl0WA9NLm0ScdRZK02kKx9mFMnns= =lRiP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nVMJ2NtxeReIH9PS--