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Re: DOTIMES

CC: (BUG LISPM) at MIT-MC, NIL-I at MIT-MC
    JONL@MIT-MC 04/08/80 17:46:39 Re: DOTIMES
    To: MOON at MIT-MC
    CC: (BUG LISPM) at MIT-MC
    Sorry for typo - msg meant to say
    "Why doesn't the LISPM version  of DOTIMES support the syntax
       (DOTIMES 4 (MUMBLE))
    which should act like
       (DOTIMES (G0025 4) (MUMBLE))
Because said syntax is a crock.  It doesn't work to substitute an
expression for "4", which I don't think is an acceptable limitation,
considering how little it buys you.
Furthermore this syntax has never before been discussed (to my
knowledge anyway.)  I think we can safely shelve this one with the
other bad ideas.