Arc Forum | That's a tempting idea; the problem is that you can only use a single variable a...

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2 points by shiro 6163 days ago | link | parent

That's a tempting idea; the problem is that you can only use a single variable after the dot. Because of the very definition of S-expression,

    (+ . (f x y))

is indistinguishable from

    (+ f x y)

However, just allowing single-variable case may be good to cover typical cases.