Re: distinction?

Kent M. Pitman wrote:
 

I guess my point is that some things "feel" recursive and should be expressed
recursively.  But some things "feel" iterative, and I don't see anything wrong
with:
 
 (loop for entry in some-list
       for name = (person-name entry)
       for age  = (person-age  entry)
       collect (list name age))

 
Abysmal.
 
(map
  (lambda (entry) (list (person-name entry) (person-age entry)))
  some-list)