Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pur-ee.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!we13!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!ecn-ee!rjs 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 Article-I.D.: pur-ee.1678 Posted: Mon Mar 12 17:19:30 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Mar-84 08:18:29 EST Sender: notes@pur-ee.UUCP Organization: Electrical Engineering Department , Purdue University Lines: 19 #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 {allegra decvax harpo teklabs ucbvax} !pur-ee!rjs