RE: [External] : Re: What's missing in ELisp that makes people want to use cl-lib?

[Drew Adams]

> > Also, I know you don't like cl-loop but in terms of efficiency
> > it's sometimes a very good choice.
> 
> The problem of `cl-loop' is more one of expressiveness and readability.
> Even some Common Lisp people don't like it and have developed
> alternatives - like "iterate"
> (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://iterate.common-
> lisp.dev/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!Ol1EyLyV-Fu5xj6jaaLCQzvsrtW0qRWo9zcY6-
> y5VTHNrTf2yPZwm6ZqfQhREJo0Nb4qd0I2EZyuSpRF37bfzRpUEkRL$ ).
> 
> Dunno if something like that would be more acceptable to Po Lu, but it
> could be an improvement compared to `cl-loop'.

+1.

Hadn't seen your msg when I sent a similar one,
for the same reason.  IF there's some attempt
to add something akin to `cl-loop' to Elisp at
some point, maybe consider `iterate' as a more
lispy alternative.  Not so much a "foreign
language".