Look for the book to come out soon: “Zen and the Art of Programming Language Development” :)
On Thu, 16 Dec 2021 15:48 -05:00, Alexander Burger wrote: > Hi all, > > this whole discussion got ridiculously complicated. > > But in fact it is so simple! > > A function call in PicoLisp is *always* just a single cell: > > +-----+------+ > | Fun | Args | > +-----+------+ > > Both Fun and Args can be anything (number, symbol or pair). > > If Fun is a number, the expression auto-quotes. Otherwise, while it is a > symbol, > its value is taken. So we end up either with a number (code pointer) or a list > (EXPR, FEXPR, or a mixture of both). This is called with Args. > > Fun is free to do with Args what it wants. > > Who cares about proper or improper lists? Total freedom and power! :) > > 'quote' is the mother of all functions. It does nothing, and just returns > Args. > No need for "special forms"! > > ☺/ A!ex > > -- > UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe
