Hi Alex,
Thank you for writing such a thorough reply. I really learned a lot from it=
! :)
PicoLisp's direct-style with fexprs is so different from the
quasiquotation-style with macros I'm used to from other lisps. I was
impressed by the conciseness of your revision:
> =C2=A0 (de mylet "Args"
>
> (de mylet ("Val" "Var" . "Args")
> =C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0(bind (cons (cons "Val" (eval "Var")))
> =C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (run (cddr "Args")) ) )
Sorry, that should have read:
(de mylet ("Val" "Var" . "Body")
(bind (cons (cons "Val" (eval "Var")))
(run "Body") ) )
Now it's even shorte
On Tuesday, January 18, 2011 06:02:30 pm you wrote:
> after some lengthy discussions in IRC today, we decided to change some
> sensitive features of the PicoLisp interpreter environment:
>=20
> 1. On the command line, debug mode can now enabled by appending a single
>'+' argument. This '+' will
Hi Alex,
I welcome #2, *Tsm off by default.
/Jon
On 18-01-11 18:02 , Alexander Burger wrote:
Hi all,
after some lengthy discussions in IRC today, we decided to change some
sensitive features of the PicoLisp interpreter environment:
1. On the command line, debug mode can now enabled by append
Hi Evan,
> (de mylet ("Val" "Var" . "Body")
>(bind (cons (cons "Val" (eval "Var")))
> (run "Body") ) )
>
> Now it's even shorter! ^_^
Yes, you are right that it would sometimes be nice to have parameters
for unevaluated arguments. As ever, this is a tradeoff between features
and simpli
Hi Alex,
> Just for completeness: You probably meant the two variables "Val" and
> "Var" exchanged (as the variable is the first argument), and the second
> arg won't need to be evaluated if specified as a normal evaluating
> parameter.
Yes, you're right! My mistake: thanks for catching that.
Ev
Hi Jon,
> I welcome #2, *Tsm off by default.
Good to hear!
I like most #1, the '+' debug mode switch :)
Cheers,
- Alex
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