[plt-scheme] lambda-apply-values

From: Grant Rettke (grettke at acm.org)
Date: Fri Nov 21 15:31:14 EST 2008

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 6:15 AM, Noel Welsh <noelwelsh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Use structures and/or pattern matching (see match-lambda in
> particular).  Using lists as structures is, I think, quite bad
> practice.  You can get away with it for limited cases but it will bite
> you in the arse if you change the data format.

It is a worthwhile personal experiment to try using lists as data
structures for a while, and it is true, eventually it will become
terrible to maintain. Structure are the right way to go.


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