loop conformance

[Antoniotti Marco]

On Jan 29, 2014, at 21:32 , Faré <fahree at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 3:52 AM, Antoniotti Marco
> <antoniotti.marco at disco.unimib.it> wrote:
>> 
>> On Jan 29, 2014, at 02:03 , Steve Haflich <shaflich at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> (We of X3J13 understood that the loop specification was not our best work.)
>>> 
>> 
>> Shall I utter the P-word? 3:) 3:) 3:)  (Or the C-word, and I am sure you agree on this one!  :) )
>> 
> I'll take the bait.
> PATHNAME sounds to me like the obvious horror starting with P — and I
> recommend Lispers to give a look at UIOP/PATHNAME to see why.

+1 :-)

> C, I'm not sure. Looking at the symbol index and glossary, I'll
> venture a guess: COMPILER-MACRO?

Nope.  You missed this one!

Does “modern mode" ring a bell?  :)

Cheers
—
MA