Re: PicoLisp Wiki: The core language of PicoLisp

2010-10-12 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Jon, > Now it says "The values are not bound to the variables one by one". > It should probably have been "The values are bound to the variables > one by one" ...? Of course. Sorry! Confusion is growing ;-) Thanks, - Alex -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picol...@software-lab.de?subject=unsubscribe

Re: PicoLisp Wiki: The core language of PicoLisp

2010-10-12 Thread Jon Kleiser
Hi Alex, On 10/12/10 9:51 AM, Alexander Burger wrote: Hi Jon, That's a possibility. I can't say exactly when, but something needs to be done quick. ;-) OK, I fixed the offending part ;-) Now it says "The values are not bound to the variables one by one". It should probably have been "The

Re: PicoLisp Wiki: The core language of PicoLisp

2010-10-12 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Jon, > That's a possibility. I can't say exactly when, but something needs > to be done quick. ;-) OK, I fixed the offending part ;-) I'm also not sure about the statement that 'if' is the most often used conditional. I feel that I'm using 'and'/'or' and 'when'/'unless' much more frequently (

Re: PicoLisp Wiki: The core language of PicoLisp

2010-10-11 Thread Jon Kleiser
Hi Alex, On 10/12/10 7:35 AM, Alexander Burger wrote: .. This Wiki article really needs to be completed. I'm a bit reluctant to touch it, because if I do, I feel I have to make sure the entire I was hoping that the original author danelliottster would react, but I notice that he already unsubs

Re: PicoLisp Wiki: The core language of PicoLisp

2010-10-11 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Henrik, > Why have documentation in two places if it seems to be little more > than a rehash of existing information, simply link from the core > language section to the reference, end of story maybe? Yes, that's right, and there are already links in the Wiki to all references and other includ

Re: PicoLisp Wiki: The core language of PicoLisp

2010-10-11 Thread Henrik Sarvell
Why have documentation in two places if it seems to be little more than a rehash of existing information, simply link from the core language section to the reference, end of story maybe? On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Alexander Burger wrote: > Hi Jon, > >> "The values are not bound to the va

Re: PicoLisp Wiki: The core language of PicoLisp

2010-10-11 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Jon, > "The values are not bound to the variables until execution of the > prg has begun, so this excludes using v1 to set the value of v2 as > in this example:" > > This must be plain wrong, and that probably explains why the example > is still missing. This is my counterexample: > > : (let

PicoLisp Wiki: The core language of PicoLisp

2010-10-11 Thread Jon Kleiser
Hi, In the not yet completed Wiki article "The core language of PicoLisp" , there's a paragraph "Declaring variables" where I read (re. 'let') that "The values are not bound to the variables until execution of the prg has begun, so this excludes using v1