[Gardeners] Full names of Lisp operators?

[Marco Antoniotti]

On Jan 31, 2006, at 12:11 PM, Florian Ebeling wrote:

>> The final `n' in functions such as `mapcan' stands for "nonconsing".
>
> Ok, so the n-prefix (for non-consing) can also appear as a suffix.
> That sounds like a probable explanation. And defun is simply a bit
> inconsistent to the otherwise observed convention to abbreviate
> define as def (defmacro, defclass).

It is just a case of elision I guess.  DEFFUN would be a little too 
much for the ear.

In any case you want something funky you can always check (shameless 
plug :)  )

	http://common-lisp.net/project/definer

Cheers
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