Re: variable argument list question

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From: "Mark Friedman"
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 1991 18:51

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>> In standard scheme the following will work for the simplest case:
>> 
>> ((lambda args (car args)) 1 2 3)  ==> 1
>> 
>> ((lambda ( . args) (car args)) 1 2 3)  ==> 1
>> 
>> The following also works in MIT Scheme:
>> 
>> ((lambda (#!rest args) (car args)) 1 2 3)  ==> 1

Oops, sorry. "((lambda ( . args) (car args)) 1 2 3)" isn't legal.

Never mind.

-Mark

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