Re: code critique

Richard M Kreuter <kreuter@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Pascal Bourguignon <pjb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

For the other characters in the ASCII character set, you'll need to
resort to implementation-dependent details.

There are NO other character in the ASCII character set.
There are a few control codes in the ASCII codes.

While one could define the term "character" in ways that would make
your sentences either true or interesting, ANSI Common Lisp clearly
classifies as characters a handful of entities that you're
discounting: Backspace, Tab, Linefeed, Page, Return, and Rubout.

Yes, and interestingly, there's not a 1-1 correspondance between some
of these "characters" and the ASCII codes used to represent them,
since the #\newline "character" can correspond to a sequence of TWO
ASCII codes: #(13 10).

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NOTE: The most fundamental particles in this product are held
together by a "gluing" force about which little is currently known
and whose adhesive power can therefore not be permanently
guaranteed.
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