On 9/4/10 8:17 AM, Jonathan S. Shapiro wrote: > You know, this is embarassing. I had realized (of course) that > thunkification subsumed AND/OR, but it's only just now that I see it also > subsumes IF-THEN-ELSE.
I've found that conditionals are an excellent way to explain laziness to imperative programmers. They've already been using it for years! :) > The other day I sent out a note about Pitman's views on FEXPR. Any thoughts > on that, Wren? None off hand. I'm only passingly familiar with the intricate details of Lisp/Scheme, and it seems like his views rely on some subtleties of being in that context. I haven't read the paper yet, but I can check it out and get back to you. -- Live well, ~wren _______________________________________________ bitc-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.coyotos.org/mailman/listinfo/bitc-dev
