On 2023-10-30, at 10:17, Stephen Berman <stephen.ber...@gmx.net> wrote:
> 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." Thanks! -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl --- via emacs-tangents mailing list (https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-tangents)
