XPost: comp.lang.scheme

This baffles me:

(loop for i from 0 to 3
with result = 0
do
(incf result i)
return result)

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Why? doesn't the stuff that occurs in the body of the `loop' make a difference? What am I missing?

Why didn't you do it this way?

(let ((result 0))
(loop for i from 0 to 3
do (incf result i))
result)

Why does it make worshippers of CL (COBOL-Like) so happy to do
everything inside of LOOP?

Why didn't you believe Paul Graham when he told you that LOOP
is a disaster?

Gauche Scheme:

(rlet1 result 0
(dotimes (i 4) (inc! result i)))


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