Re: counting nils in a list

nick_keighley_nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

On 14 Mar, 19:18, p...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Pascal J. Bourguignon)
wrote:

You can start from the result you want: <some result>
What is it?  How can you get it?

It is <some description>
We can get it using the function <some funcs>

DONE.

Yes, really!

I can see you don't believe me.  Check it:

<some test>

We just need now to compute value of the symbol <some result>
What is it?  How can you get it?

<snip>

So all we have to do now is code up Pascal's algorithm as a macro
and we'll never have to work again...

It's called the GPS, explained in PAIP. ;-)

--
__Pascal Bourguignon__
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