[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 12:21:24AM -0800, Christopher Smith wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Call me crazy but wouldn't the empty list, (), make a more elegant
FALSE object for Scheme than "#f"?
Lists have the problem that they disappear under a number of common
transformations. They are, intrinsically *holders* of values, and you
really want FALSE to be a value in its own right. Bottom line: it turns
out the code is more elegant if you don't do it your way.
mit-scheme returns () for FALSE rather than #f.
It appears mit-scheme isn't drinking the #f kool-aid.
Chris,
Go read. Please.
I already pointed out "Lisp in Small Pieces". The other good source is
going to be the original Lambda papers. I beleive I pointed them out,
but in case I haven't, they are here:
http://library.readscheme.org/page1.html
http://repository.readscheme.org/ftp/papers/ai-lab-pubs/AIM-349.pdf
-a
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