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Vassil Nikolov | Васил Николов @[email protected] · 2026-04-30 · 15:06 UTC

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

#alchemy #commonlisp #declarativeprogramming #declarativeprogrammingstyle #lisp #loop

Vassil Nikolov | Васил Николов @[email protected] · 2026-04-30 · 15:06 UTC

A primary source is a beautiful thing.

*

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

#alchemy #commonlisp #declarativeprogramming #declarativeprogrammingstyle #lisp #loop

Vassil Nikolov | Васил Николов @[email protected] · 2026-04-30 · 15:06 UTC

A primary source is a beautiful thing.

*

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

#alchemy #commonlisp #declarativeprogramming #declarativeprogrammingstyle #lisp #loop

Vassil Nikolov | Васил Николов @[email protected] · 2026-04-30 · 15:06 UTC

A primary source is a beautiful thing.

*

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

#loopfacility #loop #lisp #declarativeprogrammingstyle #declarativeprogramming #commonlisp

Vassil Nikolov | Васил Николов @[email protected] · 2026-04-30 · 15:06 UTC

A primary source is a beautiful thing.

*

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