Ah that makes sense! Thanks Michal! I have looked through Lisp in Small Pieces, and didn't find it very well written. I think a lot was lost through the translation. Besides SICP, the other great lisp book I read was actually "The Scheme Programming Language". The chapter on continuations is mind-blowing. -Patrick
On Sep 5, 7:21 pm, Michał Marczyk <michal.marc...@gmail.com> wrote: > In the presence of macros, it's best to think "Lisp compilation = > evaluation of all forms". So, you do two things at the same time: (1) > accumulate object code to be output as the result of the compilation > and (2) actually execute the programme, so that you can call functions > and examine variables when doing macro expansion etc. The Clojure > compiler works this way -- for a demonstration, just have it compile a > file with a println at top level. > > That's the rough idea, anyway; I gather that Christian Queinnec's > "Lisp in Small Pieces" [1] is the definitive book on the subject, so > perhaps that would be more helpful to you. (Regrettably, I haven't yet > read that one, although it's definitely on my list as one of the > as-yet unread Lisp classics!) > > Sincerely, > Michał -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
