On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 6:45 PM, André Thieme <splendidl...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > On Aug 13, 11:14 pm, Ken Wesson <kwess...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Lee Spector <lspec...@hampshire.edu> wrote: > >> > On the one hand most people who work in genetic programming these days >> > write in non-Lisp languages but evolve Lisp-like programs that are >> > interpreted via simple, specialized interpreters written in those other >> > languages (C, Java, whatever). >> >> The ultimate in Greenspunning. :) > > > Exactly! > All those people doing GP in C++ end up doing it in Lisp anyway. > They write a GP engine that generates trees and manipulates them and > then > they'll have to write an interpreter for that limited language, which > is basically the idea of Lisp. OMG ;)
Whereas if you started out with Lisp, you can skip all that and just write: a) a few functions/macros b) something to make/evolve trees of forms whose operator-position symbols name those functions and macros c) (eval evolved-form) and Bob's your uncle. The interpreter you get for free, in the form of the macroexpander and eval. Actually using Lisp is like having library support for your Greenspunning. :) -- Protege: What is this seething mass of parentheses?! Master: Your father's Lisp REPL. This is the language of a true hacker. Not as clumsy or random as C++; a language for a more civilized age. -- 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
