Re: PilCon Friday

2020-11-04 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Kashyap, > While at it, it would be good to touch on the "interpreter only" approach > of PicoLisp. It is objectively simpler than an interpreter AND compiler > implementation. However, I would love for some expansion on the explanation > of "True equivalence of code and data". Also, is there

Re: PilCon Friday

2020-11-04 Thread C K Kashyap
While at it, it would be good to touch on the "interpreter only" approach of PicoLisp. It is objectively simpler than an interpreter AND compiler implementation. However, I would love for some expansion on the explanation of "True equivalence of code and data". Also, is there any update to the

Re: pil21 on Mac, some errors

2020-11-04 Thread Jon Kleiser
Hi Alex, I have put the files into lib and misc. However, I have not installed pil21 "globally" with required symlinks. When I cd to my pil21 directory and then do $ pil21 misc/cube.l then I get this: [misc/cube.l:6] !? (load "@lib/openGl.l") "@lib/openGl.l" -- Open error: No such file or

Re: pil21 on Mac, some errors

2020-11-04 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Jon, > I have put the files into lib and misc. This is all right. > However, I have not installed pil21 "globally" with required symlinks. When I This is also good. Here on my systems I haven't installed it globally either (I usually leave the Linux distro's (older) version global as it

Re: PilCon Friday

2020-11-04 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Alex, > For me the greatest obstacle in using picolisp is the lack of arrays. Let's > talk about what I'm doing wrong and why I don't need them! Yes, good idea. This is a valid and common question. Maybe, as a warm-up, you could also check "Array Abstinence" at

Re: PilCon Friday

2020-11-04 Thread Alexander Shendi
Hi folks, For me the greatest obstacle in using picolisp is the lack of arrays. Let's talk about what I'm doing wrong and why I don't need them! Stay safe, the other Alex Am 4. November 2020 11:55:44 MEZ schrieb Alexander Burger : >Hi all, > >next Friday (Nov 6th) is PilCon again! > >

Re: PilCon Friday

2020-11-04 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Davide, > practices in error handling (how to catch and throw errors properly) Good, noted :) ☺/ A!ex -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe

Re: PilCon Friday

2020-11-04 Thread Davide BERTOLOTTO
I am not sure if I'll be able to join, but would be good to hear about best practices in error handling (how to catch and throw errors properly) Regards, Davide On Wed, Nov 4, 2020, 12:03 Alexander Burger wrote: > Hi all, > > next Friday (Nov 6th) is PilCon again! > >

PilCon Friday

2020-11-04 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi all, next Friday (Nov 6th) is PilCon again! https://meeting.itship.ch/PilCon As it is the first Friday of the month, we'll meet at 8:00 UTC. Perhaps we should talk about more basic issues this time? Any newcomer's questions should be welcome. ☺/ A!ex -- UNSUBSCRIBE: