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"WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> writes:
>> Meanwhile, in Emacs Lisp,
>> 
>>   (let* ((list1 (list 'a 'b 'c))
>>          (list2 (cons 3 list))
> That generates this error:
> "Symbol's value as variable is void: list"

obviously was supposed to say (cons 3 list1).

>>     (setf (third list3) 'z)
> That is wrong also, because there is no such function
> as "third" in GNU Emacs Lisp.

    (require 'cl)
    cl
    (describe-function 'third)
    #("third is an alias for `cl-caddr'. ...)

works for me.