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Re: Nested Lambda function gives error in common lisp, guile, emacs lisp
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Don Geddis |
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Re: Nested Lambda function gives error in common lisp, guile, emacs lisp but works in scheme. Why? |
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Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:05:23 -0700 |
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William D Clinger <cesura17@yahoo.com> wrote on Sun, 07 Oct 2007:
> By the way, that paper was not subject to normal peer review; it was
> political from the start, and its conclusion that the advantages and
> disadvantages of Lisp-1 and Lisp-2 are comparable was pre-ordained.
Sure, that makes sense.
> That's the real lesson of the Gabriel/Pitman paper cited earlier in this
> thread. To reach that conclusion, they had to count at least one of the
> arguments against Lisp-2 as an argument in favor of Lisp-2. I won't spoil
> your fun by explaining this; it's obvious if you read the paper carefully
> with an open mind.
I've read the paper many times, and I'm unable to identify what you're
referring to. Perhaps I don't have an open mind. In any case, what argument
"against" Lisp-2 is incorrectly counted as an argument "in favor" of Lisp-2?
-- Don
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