Graham has an excellent Lisp coding style. His code is maintainable and portable. Function definitions are short and well-motivated, and, for the most part, variable and function names are clear and helpful. Exceptions are noted below.
However, there are a few areas where Graham's coding style should not be considered typical:
if
rather than
cond
, even when using if
leads to nested
if
's or embedded progn
's.
loop
, because it is so
complex and different from the functional programming style.
Sometimes, however, loop
is the clearest simplest way
to write something.
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