Re: Lisp variables, was Example interpreter C

Julian Stecklina <der_julian@web.de>
25 Sep 2005 12:53:43 -0400

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Re: Lisp variables, was Example interpreter C lfinsto1@gwdg.de (Laurence Finston) (2005-09-22)
Re: Lisp variables, was Example interpreter C der_julian@web.de (Julian Stecklina) (2005-09-25)
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From: Julian Stecklina <der_julian@web.de>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 25 Sep 2005 12:53:43 -0400
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 05-08-055 05-08-062 05-08-073 05-08-084 05-09-025 05-09-036 05-09-051 05-09-066 05-09-087
Keywords: Lisp
Posted-Date: 25 Sep 2005 12:53:42 EDT

Laurence Finston <lfinsto1@gwdg.de> writes:


> On Sat, 17 Sep 2005, Ivan Boldyrev wrote:
>
>> GCL is bad example: it is not standard-conforming :)
>
> Thanks for the information. If I ever document this, I won't call
> it "LISP-like behavior". However, it is the behavior that I would
> implement, if were to go back and rewrite my grammar. I'm sorry to
> hear that this behavior doesn't conform to the LISP standard. I
> found it very convenient.


It is not ANSI Common Lisp conform. There may be a Lisp that supports
exactly this behaviour, as there are many Lisp dialects out there that
are quite distinct from CL. It did not kill all of them yet. ;)


Regards,
--
Julian Stecklina


When someone says "I want a programming language in which I
need only say what I wish done," give him a lollipop. - Alan Perlis

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