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Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof@math.ethz.ch> writes:

> Wouldn't it have been much nicer if the map syntax had been
> 
> (mapc list func) so you could just write the nice and pure
> 
> (mapc some-thing
>    (lambda (var)
>    ....))

What's wrong with the current mapc syntax?  Is there something that
you would like other than to have the parameter order reversed?

-Justin, confused