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From: rjs@ecn-ee.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.lang.lisp
Subject: ideosynchrocies of (apply) - (nf)
Message-ID: <1678@pur-ee.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 12-Mar-84 17:19:30 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 12 17:19:30 1984
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#N:ecn-ee:14000002:000:338
ecn-ee!rjs    Mar 12 16:15:00 1984

...

	There appears to be a limit to the length of the argument
	list in the function apply.
	i.e.
		(apply 'max '(1 2 3 .... ))

	will work as long as the length of the argument list is
	less than 1024.

	Does anyone know of the reason for this?

			Bob Safranek
			Purdue University
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