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  1. A primary source is a beautiful thing.

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    In my not so humble opinion, the finest uses of the Loop facility are those without `do' clauses.
    Once I realized those are best viewed as if expressed in declarative style, I was no longer bothered by the "lack of parentheses".

    Note that three years later Common Lisp specified `loop' while reserving forms with atoms in them, so it did specify enough for a REPL "in four".
    (In REverse PoLish, of course;
    WHOIS says that re.pl was created on 2000-03-14.)

    #Alchemy
    #CommonLisp
    #DeclarativeProgramming
    #DeclarativeProgrammingStyle
    #Lisp
    #Loop
    #LoopFacility

    @kentpitman @screwlisp

  2. Ah, the riveting saga of declarative programming, as told by the Shen 4th Edition—because who wouldn't want to time-travel to the future for a book 📚 that sounds like a high-tech bedtime story? 😴 Prepare for an exhilarating read, right after you figure out how to contact their sales department for an ad spot! 🤑
    shenlanguage.org/TBoS/tbos_15. #declarativeprogramming #Shen4thEdition #techbooks #bedtimeStory #salesdepartment #HackerNews #ngated