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Re: Defaults for set-variable


From: Miles Bader
Subject: Re: Defaults for set-variable
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 11:00:35 +0900

2005/11/1, Drew Adams <address@hidden>:
>     I use setq.
>
> OK.  So do you perhaps also feel that the existing `set-variable' command is
> "not worth bloating the code to support"?  At least wrt your own use?  Do
> you feel that it might be worth keeping, for use by others?
>
>     `set-variable' [is] mainly useful as a gentle introduction for
>     those who might be confused by lisp syntax and the presence of
>     internal variables.
>
> I see.  Real Lisp programmers don't...  They don't use commands at all, do
> they?

Oh for christ's sake, don't get all pissy.

-miles
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