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Re: why not "stripes" in: (let ((zebra 'stripes) ... ; strings vs symbol
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: why not "stripes" in: (let ((zebra 'stripes) ... ; strings vs symbols? |
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Wed, 01 Jan 2014 23:28:14 -0500 |
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> advantage of that. When you are used to not thinking
> about types (as in Lisp) you don't want to do that
> again. At least I don't. But please fill me in what the
> fuss is about.
Similarly to learning Lisp, learning to use a typed functional language
like SML, is very useful to help you structure your thought process,
even if you never use it,
Stefan