Hi all,
under Documentation in the wiki, I wrote an In Detail article about
the 'edit' function:
http://picolisp.com/5000/-2-1j.html
[On Browsing the Database or Arbitrary Data Structures and Definitions]
Hope it is useful :)
Cheers,
- Alex
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Hi list,
looking at the docs, looks like (bind) is just a fancy way of doing
(let). is this correct? i tried looking at the source but i'm still
trying to decipher it.
also checked out wl.java. both (let) and (bind) are quite similar.
is this so?
/e
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Hi Alex,
article about the 'edit' function: http://picolisp.com/5000/-2-1j.html
brilliant, thank you! Now I just need to learn vi:-D
Tomas
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Hi Tomas,
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:27 AM, Tomas Hlavaty t...@logand.com wrote:
Hi Edwin,
roughly speaking, bind is a function while let is a macro. They differ
in argument evaluation. bind is programmable while let is more of a
syntax thingy.
thank you for this.
thinking about it a bit,
Hi Edwin,
thinking about it a bit, i can just do away with one and live with the
other? say, can i just live with (bind)?
yes, but it is more convenient to write let in your programs instead of
the bind with constructing the binding list manually. However, in
certain situations, one needs an
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 4:48 AM, Tomas Hlavaty t...@logand.com wrote:
Hi Edwin,
thinking about it a bit, i can just do away with one and live with the
other? say, can i just live with (bind)?
yes, but it is more convenient to write let in your programs instead of
the bind with constructing
Hi Alex,
Thanks for the picolisp pointers :-) The sub? shrinks down one of the awkward
bits there. Unfortunately, I didn't see sub? in miniPicoLisp. The replace
seems like a better idea than using the surgical patch there - probably not a
good idea to modify a list passed in as an argument
