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Re: The GIMP! By gum, I forgot all about it!

"forcer" == forcer  <forcer@mindless.com> writes:

forcer> I *guess* he means that siod's set! returns the new value. 

No, that's not the real issue.  The real issue is that siod's set will
create new global bindings when you set! an undefined variable.  Guile
(consistent with the Scheme standard) will not.  SIOD's set! is really
closer to LISP's setq in this regard.  (SIOD's LISPish heritage is
showing.)