On Mon, 30 Oct 2023 07:00:36 +0100 Marcin Borkowski <mb...@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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