From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net>
To: Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl>
Cc: "emacs-tangents@gnu.org" <emacs-tangents@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Why is `nreverse' called `nreverse'?
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2023 10:17:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o7ggqxjb.fsf@gmx.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87cyww6457.fsf@mbork.pl> (Marcin Borkowski's message of "Mon, 30 Oct 2023 07:00:36 +0100")
On Mon, 30 Oct 2023 07:00:36 +0100 Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I know that the "n-" prefix means that it is destructive. But why "n-"?
> I also know that this comes from Common Lisp, but still -- why the
> letter "n-"?
>
> TIA,
Paul Graham writes in ANSI Common Lisp (Chapter 12, page 202, footnote 2):
The n originally stood for "non-consing."
Steve Berman
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-10-30 6:00 Why is `nreverse' called `nreverse'? Marcin Borkowski
2023-10-30 6:32 ` Per Starbäck
2023-10-30 7:08 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-10-31 17:26 ` Marcin Borkowski
2023-10-30 9:17 ` Stephen Berman [this message]
2023-10-31 17:25 ` Marcin Borkowski
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