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Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "B. Pym" <Nobody447095@here-nor-there.org> Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.scheme Subject: Re: need help w/ `loop' Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 07:13:29 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 33 Message-ID: <vcgiun$fueu$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Injection-Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 09:13:29 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="771b02138d80f549ec3d77beeedbe017"; logging-data="522718"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/eHenpoXUwpcTfzbQfcvpf" User-Agent: XanaNews/1.18.1.6 Cancel-Lock: sha1:KksSlarmL+lg1fVuJsgAndjuQTA= Bytes: 1497 > This baffles me: > > (loop for i from 0 to 3 > with result = 0 > do > (incf result i) > return result) > > ==> 0 > > Why? doesn't the stuff that occurs in the body of the `loop' make a > difference? What am I missing? Why didn't you do it this way? (let ((result 0)) (loop for i from 0 to 3 do (incf result i)) result) Why does it make worshippers of CL (COBOL-Like) so happy to do everything inside of LOOP? Why didn't you believe Paul Graham when he told you that LOOP is a disaster? Gauche Scheme: (rlet1 result 0 (dotimes (i 4) (inc! result i))) ===> 6