Megatest

		(if (null? tala) ;; we are done
		    talb
		    (loop (car tala)
			  (cdr tala)
			  (car talb)
			  (cdr talb)))
		#f)))))

;;======================================================================
;; Munge data into nice forms
;;======================================================================

;; Generate an index for a sparse list of key values
;;   ( (rowname1 colname1 val1)(rowname2 colname2 val2) )
;;
;; => 
;;
;;   ( (rowname1 0)(rowname2 1))    ;; rownames -> num
;;     (colname1 0)(colname2 1)) )  ;; colnames -> num
;; 
;; optional apply proc to rownum colnum value
(define (common:sparse-list-generate-index data #!key (proc #f))
  (if (null? data)
      (list '() '())
      (let loop ((hed (car data))
		 (tal (cdr data))
		 (rownames '())
		 (colnames '())
		 (rownum   0)
		 (colnum   0))
	(let* ((rowkey          (car   hed))
	       (colkey          (cadr  hed))
	       (value           (caddr hed))
	       (existing-rowdat (assoc rowkey rownames))
	       (existing-coldat (assoc colkey colnames))
	       (curr-rownum     (if existing-rowdat rownum (+ rownum 1)))
	       (curr-colnum     (if existing-coldat colnum (+ colnum 1)))
	       (new-rownames    (if existing-rowdat rownames (cons (list rowkey curr-rownum) rownames)))
	       (new-colnames    (if existing-coldat colnames (cons (list colkey curr-colnum) colnames))))
	  (debug:print-info 0 "Processing record: " hed )
	  (if proc (proc curr-rownum curr-colnum rowkey colkey value))
	  (if (null? tal)
	      (list new-rownames new-colnames)
	      (loop (car tal)
		    (cdr tal)
		    new-rownames
		    new-colnames
		    (if (> curr-rownum rownum) curr-rownum rownum)
		    (if (> curr-colnum colnum) curr-colnum colnum)
		    ))))))

;;======================================================================
;; System stuff
;;======================================================================

;; return a nice clean pathname made absolute
(define (nice-path dir)