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That's intersting, because the lisp 'the right thing' approach [1] calls for correctness and ease of use over simplicity of implementation.

[1] as opposed to the alledged 'worse is better' of the unix world.



It is a matter of preference. Sometimes you end up using gensym in scheme as well, especially for introducing identifiers in bulk.




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