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Re:Programming language notation is a barrier to entry by lisper on Thursday October 01, 2020 @07:22PM (#24657231)
(defun ffrst (l) (caadr l))

Lather, rinse, repeat.

For extra credit, write a macro that will save you having to type every possible combination out manually.

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Re:Programming language notation is a barrier to entry by emidln on Thursday October 01, 2020 @07:26PM (#24657259)
I did this once for Clojure and named it car-cdr-construction-set! with an argument for how many levels deep to define in the current namespace.
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