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* Re: distinction?B. Pym
`- Re: distinction?Kaz Kylheku

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Subject: Re: distinction?
From: B. Pym
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Subject: Re: distinction?
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Kent M. Pitman wrote:

> I guess my point is that some things "feel" recursive and should be expressed
> recursively. But some things "feel" iterative, and I don't see anything wrong
> with:
>
> (loop for entry in some-list
> for name = (person-name entry)
> for age = (person-age entry)
> collect (list name age))

Abysmal.

(map
(lambda (entry) (list (person-name entry) (person-age entry)))
some-list)

Subject: Re: distinction?
From: Kaz Kylheku
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On 2024-07-05, B. Pym <No_spamming@noWhere_7073.org> wrote:
> Kent M. Pitman wrote:
>
>> I guess my point is that some things "feel" recursive and should be expressed
>> recursively. But some things "feel" iterative, and I don't see anything wrong
>> with:
>>
>> (loop for entry in some-list
>> for name = (person-name entry)
>> for age = (person-age entry)
>> collect (list name age))
>
> Abysmal.
>
> (map
> (lambda (entry) (list (person-name entry) (person-age entry)))
> some-list)

TXR Lisp:

(mapcar [juxt .name .age] person-list)

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