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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] OT: Lisp
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Andrew Suffield |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] OT: Lisp |
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Thu, 20 Nov 2003 02:46:24 +0000 |
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On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 06:33:52PM -0800, Joshua Haberman wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 18:04, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 05:38:16PM -0800, Joshua Haberman wrote:
> > > It also makes me think of Lisp as the
> > > anti-Perl: where Lisp has one syntax that all language features are
> > > mapped onto, Perl has a special syntax for everything (sometimes even
> > > two or three syntaxes for the same feature, as with quoting!)
> >
> > Perl's syntax is actually infinitely mutable in all cases.
>
> What does it mean to call a language's syntax "mutable?"
The language contains constructs for modifying its own syntax. This
means you can build your own syntax (this is not commonly useful for
non-trivial mutations, because it just makes the code harder to
maintain for the next person, but it does have its moments).
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- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] OT: Lisp, (continued)
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] OT: Lisp, Joshua Haberman, 2003/11/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] OT: Lisp, Ollivier Robert, 2003/11/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] OT: Lisp, Samuel A. Falvo II, 2003/11/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] OT: Lisp, Robin Farine, 2003/11/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] OT: Lisp, Andrew Suffield, 2003/11/19
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] OT: Lisp, Joshua Haberman, 2003/11/19
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] OT: Lisp,
Andrew Suffield <=
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: OT: Lisp, Miles Bader, 2003/11/19
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] is there demand for itla?, Andrew Suffield, 2003/11/20
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: is there demand for itla?, Miles Bader, 2003/11/20
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: is there demand for itla?, Andrew Suffield, 2003/11/20
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: is there demand for itla?, Miles Bader, 2003/11/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: is there demand for itla?, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/11/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: is there demand for itla?, Bruce Stephens, 2003/11/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: is there demand for itla?, Andrew Suffield, 2003/11/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] is there demand for itla?, Andrea Arcangeli, 2003/11/18
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] is there demand for itla?, Doran, 2003/11/17