Re: APPLY with 3+ arguments

[dml@nadc.arpa (D. Loewenstern)]

I use 3+ arguments for APPLY often.  Usually, I use this when the first few arguments to a function
are known, but the remainder are to be passed in as a list:
    (APPLY #'MAX 0 list) == find the MAX of a list, but return 0 if all elements of the list are negative.

Naturally, this isn't strictly necessary -- you could write the above as:
    (MAX 0 (APPLY #'MAX list)) 

but I find the first preferable.
David Loewenstern
Naval Air Development Center
code 7013
Warminster, PA 18974-5000

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