On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Dmitry A. Soshnikov <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> I don't know what >>>> else to say to persuade you of this, but making identifier resolution >>>> fast is not "the main reason". >>> >>> Oh, it's not required, I got it. And I also won't persuade you, but just >>> suggest this resource >>> http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book-Z-H-35.html#%_sec_5.5.6 >>> (the whole book is also recommended to be read if not yet). >> >> I first read SICP a long time ago :) > > Well, then you should know that the mentioned above chapter from the book is > exactly about what I was saying, i.e., again -- "let's make lexical > addressing to make fast lookup". 1. Just because I've studied SICP doesn't mean I agree with everything they say there. 2. The point of that section is describing an optimization that is possible, given lexical scope. They are certainly not advocating for lexical scope because it enables the optimization. -- sam th [email protected] _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
