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		lelanthran on Aug 26, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Does Elisp Suck > Then on top of that I have to go look up what let* is and why it is presumably different from let. I don't think this is a problem for elisp; isn't `let*` in Common Lisp as well?

_19qg on Aug 26, 2024 | [–]

It's in standards for Common Lisp, ISLISP and Scheme.

taeric on Aug 26, 2024 | [–]

More than that, it actually communicates to the reader that there is a dependency between some of the variables being declared. That is, it is actively useful.

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