Re: Generators (iterators) for Gnu Emacs

[Richard Stallman]

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  > The entire Common Lisp ecosystem is a counterexample so your rather
  > sweeping declaration.

I have no way of knowing what is proved by Common Lisp programming.
I don't have time to study people's Common Lisp programs.

                          In practice, namespaces are rather useful despite
  > the need to *sometimes* fully *some* symbols. It's still better than
  > having to fully specify *every* symbol on *every* use.

In the Lisp Machine system, importing proved to be unusable.

If it is true that it is usable in some programs, the question is:
what are the circumstances that make them usable in some circumstances
and not in others?  In Emacs code, would they be usable or unusable?

I made a conjecture in another message just now.

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