Re: Adding many elements to a list

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon) writes:

> David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:
>> Well, consult its doc string for what it does and doesn't.  It's
>> basically the same issue as with setf/setq: the cl version of push
>> does a number of different things depending on a vague concept
>> "location".  But you almost never need this sort of flexibility at
>> runtime, and at compile time, it obfuscates what actually happens,
>> including the possible performance impacts.
>
> You should write in assembler (what do I say, in binary!), because you
> almost never need the flexibility that the bare push provide at
> run-time, and at compilation time, it obfuscate what really happens,
> including the possible performance impacts.

What use is winning when nobody wants to play with you anymore?

-- 
David Kastrup