Subject: Re: introduction to Lisp... From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.net> Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 20:31:25 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Message-ID: <3227805084642225@naggum.net> * s@xss.de (Stefan Schmiedl) | ... which is an "expensive" way of reinventing a builtin function called | "flatten". There is no "builtin" function called "flatten". Please do not post your beliefs as though they were facts when you can so easily check them. | you might want to take a look at other sorting functions, for | example those for strings ... Maybe you mean comparison functions rather than sorting functions? | I have the feeling that you need to unlearn some old habits to be able to | write idiomatic lisp programs. Maybe you should delay your advice for a while. /// -- In a fight against something, the fight has value, victory has none. In a fight for something, the fight is a loss, victory merely relief. Post with compassion: http://home.chello.no/~xyzzy/kitten.jpg