William James
7/30/2015 7:03:00 PM
Hartmann Schaffer wrote:
> the version he gave has the advantage that it doesn't clutter up the
> namespace of the environment. with
>
> (map (lambda (x) (+ x offset)) the-list)
>
> you have everything that is relevant in the immediate neighborhood of
> the statement. with a separate defun you have to search the program
> to see what the function does. i agree that for lengthy functions
> defining it separately and just writing the name is preferrable.
Gauche Scheme:
(map (pa$ + offset) the-list)
Another way:
(map (cut + offset <>) the-list)
--
[Jesse Jackson] would spit into the food of white patrons he hated and then
smilingly serve it to them. He did this, he said, "because it gave me
psychological gratification." -- Life Magazine, 1969-11-29
Blacks are an estimated 39 times more likely to commit a violent crime
against a white than vice versa, and 136 times more likely to commit robbery.
www.colorofcrime.com/2005/10/the-color-of-crime-2005/