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Subject: Re: distinction?
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 21:21:09 -0000 (UTC)
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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)