Re: [Readable-discuss] Arne Babenhauserheide proposal: use . on own line instead of group

2012-07-15 Thread Alan Manuel Gloria
OK, I'll summarize. First, we have a pool of syntax symbols. Let's not fix meanings to symbols for now: ~ \ . ! $ % ^ Then we have a bunch of concrete proposals: 1. almkglor: Don't use GROUP Don't use SPLICE Use SPLIT Use ENLIST Use 2 symbols from our pool of syntax symbols. Current

Re: [Readable-discuss] Bundle of git changes

2012-07-15 Thread Alan Manuel Gloria
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 7:11 PM, David A. Wheeler dwhee...@dwheeler.com wrote: Yet another bundle! Awesome. Accepted. I really am reviewing every commit. I really appreciate the nicely focused changes in each commit, you've made them quite easy to review. commit

[Readable-discuss] (. expr)

2012-07-15 Thread Kartik Agaram
http://sourceforge.net/p/readable/wiki/Solution many Lisps already do this, and this provides a simple escape mechanism.. It doesn't work on racket or sbcl, just guile. Any others? -- Live Security Virtual Conference

Re: [Readable-discuss] wart

2012-07-15 Thread Kartik Agaram
I split up the sweet-expression description so that there are 2 main rules, followed by a list of refinements. Appended below is my stab at the sweet expressions section. I've separated out the tutorial from the spec. I would like for tutorial forms of the problem and solution to go right on

Re: [Readable-discuss] (. expr)

2012-07-15 Thread David A. Wheeler
Kartik Agaram: many Lisps already do this, and this provides a simple escape mechanism.. It doesn't work on racket or sbcl, just guile. Any others? I'm pretty sure the answer is yes, but I can't find any record on what they were. I've changed the text to say guile instead. --- David A.

Re: [Readable-discuss] wart

2012-07-15 Thread David A. Wheeler
Kartik Agaram: Appended below is my stab at the sweet expressions section. Thanks! I've separated out the tutorial from the spec. I would like for tutorial forms of the problem and solution to go right on the top-level page at http://readable.sourceforge.net. The reader should be able to

[Readable-discuss] outsiders vs insiders

2012-07-15 Thread Kartik Agaram
Now that I've started playing with the text myself, my value to this group will start to drop for giving feedback as an outsider :) Too late! You're no longer an outsider. :-). :) Thanks. Lately I've been thinking a lot about about insiders and outsiders. 'Outsider' has a slightly negative