Hrvoje> "Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull(a)sk.tsukuba.ac.jp&gt; writes: I apologize for the "write-only", that was much too strong. Hrvoje> While there are valid arguments against Common Lisp, this Hrvoje> one is not such an example of such. `cond' and `if' have Hrvoje> been with us for ages, and I believe they are almost Hrvoje> unchanged in Scheme. `(when this ...)' is simply a nice Hrvoje> shortcut for `(if this (progn ...))' and is *very* useful. Hmm. Not to me. I never use it. I _may_ start using it now that you have explained it to me, for which I am grateful. However, this is a matter of taste. For me it is in fact a valid argument against Common Lisp. I fully understand that it is not for you. Whether it is valid for XEmacs depends on the balance of taste among developers. And whether having to learn zillions of redundant (in a formal sense) idioms as well as huge libraries of editing functions just to read other people's code will repel potential new developers. IMO this is not a huge consideration, but it is a consideration. -- University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences Tel/fax: +1 (298) 53-5091