Re: lambda inside a let or letrec

[bolega]

let me write it more clearly with indents as follows :

(let
((a (lambda (n) (+ 1 n)))
 (b 3))
(a b))

On Jun 9, 10:34 pm, bolega <gnuist...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My apologies in advance to comp.lang.scheme and comp.lang.lisp.
>
> I am trying to run a certain syntax inside emacs lisp.
>
> I know basically how let works
>
> (let (list of pairs of var value) (function))
>
> This is like a lambda function call , only the order is different.
>
> But the novelty i saw reading a book on common lisp or scheme is this
> and i failed to run in emacs. plz tell what modifications are needed
> and i know they are different.
>
> (   (lambda (n) (+ 1 n)) 3)  ;;; works in emacs
>
> (let
> ((a (lambda (n) (+ 1 n))) (b 3)) (a b))   ;;; does NOT work in emacs
>
> basically we are trying to use / abuse the let in that in the pair we
> define a equal to a lambda. Then another pair where a value of b is
> defined.
>
> next, we want a to operate on b.
>
> Why does it fail ?
>
> The scheme/lisp book/paper where it was seen (forgot) used letrec.
>
> Can someone enlighten me how set! and let can be used to formulate
> recursion when the let has no recursion built in it ?
>
> thanks a lot.
> cheers