On 2011-04-15, at 21:48, Mark S. Miller wrote: > Why dynamic scoping was > attractive and why it turns out to be bad is one of the most important > lessons from the history of language design.
It's a power tool, and can be misused, but it still has adherents. Scheme (and Dylan) have a more-controlled version in their `fluid-let` construct (which leaves out the "pervasive special" feature of Lisp). _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
