Re: Names of `stringp`, `intp`, `floatp`…

It is originally from lisp, it means predicate, designates testing for cond=
itions.

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/predicates-in-lisp/







On Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 02:25:23 PM EDT, Marcos Cruz <pikeml@program=
andala.net> wrote:=20






Just out of curiosity, what does the "p" means in `stringp`, `intp`,
`floatp`, `functionp`, `objectp`, `arrayp`=E2=80=A6?

When I found those useful functions by the first time, I wondered why
they were not called, say, `is_string`, `is_int`, `is_float`,
`is_array`=E2=80=A6?

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Marcos Cruz
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