Re: (b)make: selecting every other element from a list

[Edgar Fuß <ef%math.uni-bonn.de@localhost>]

> Is there some reason for not doing that using iteration?
1. This can be greatly simplified by iterating over pairs.
2. My memory mis-told me that appending the loop variable to a list didn't work.
3. I was hoping for a nicer solution (as in "oh, I forgot to document the 
:[%odd%] modifier").