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Re: Unnecessary Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk 05 Apr 2006 19:53 UTC

Joo ChurlSoo <xxxxxx@iniTerm.com> writes:

>  |Why to introduce MU if we already have LIST for packing multiple
>  |values in a single value?
>
> Because decomposition of multiple values of MU is simple and rapid.

Decomposition of x when it's a MU:
   (x proc)
and when it's a list:
   (apply proc x)
for exactly the same proc. The difference doesn't warrant introducing
a new sequence type and learning when to use MU and when to use a list.

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