Re: try picolisp

Hi Christophe, Christophe Gragnic christophegrag...@gmail.com writes: On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Tomas Hlavaty t...@logand.com wrote: Executing a script doesn't mean every line will work as expected! `rm -fr /` can be executed, but doesn't always work ;) You see, then you are not

Swimming against the tide, again (this time with numbers)

Hi all crazy Lispers! I managed to handle being NIL, thanks to Michel and Alex. Now I have another similar problem with numbers. First, I understand the reasons behind having fixpoint numbers in Picolisp (basically simple implementation and control). Now considering that my goal is to implement

Re: try picolisp

On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Tomas Hlavaty t...@logand.com wrote: would this clasify? You mean «clarify»? $ cat /dev/null rm -fr / ^d I executed arbitrary script while limiting its effects. Indeed. The most important missing part is to define, what functionality exactly do you

Re: try picolisp

Hi Christophe, Christophe Gragnic christophegrag...@gmail.com writes: On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Tomas Hlavaty t...@logand.com wrote: would this clasify? You mean «clarify»? sorry, I meant classify. Cheers, Tomas -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe

Re: Swimming against the tide, again (this time with numbers)

Hi Christophe, Christophe Gragnic christophegrag...@gmail.com writes: : (scl 1) # just for some examples to show - 1 : 1 - 1 : 1.0 - 10 : (* 1.0 1.0) - 100 : (+ 1 1.0) - 11 It's is just impossible for a teacher to explain this to a newbie without being considered a fool. PicoLisp

Re: Swimming against the tide, again (this time with numbers)

Hi Christophe, Now I have another similar problem with numbers. First, I understand the reasons behind having fixpoint numbers ... : (scl 1) # just for some examples to show - 1 : 1 - 1 : 1.0 - 10 : (* 1.0 1.0) - 100 : (+ 1 1.0) - 11 It's is just impossible for a teacher to