[plt-scheme] %, @, ^, etc.

On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, Michael Sperber wrote:

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> >>>>> "Eli" == Eli Barzilay <eli at barzilay.org> writes:
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> Eli> On Sep  8, Anton van Straaten wrote:
> >> 
> >> Do combined prefix-suffix cases count?
> >> 
> >>  *name*  =>  global name
> 
> Eli> I think it makes more sense for global parameters.
> 
> I believe this convention comes from Common Lisp, where DEFVAR has
> consequences on local uses of the same name.  In Scheme, it doesn't
> really make that much sense.
> 

No, it was used in Scheme before Common Lisp was born (Scheme is 
older ;-).  The beginnings are probably in MacLisp.

Zbyszek Jurkiewicz