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> 2. "of or relating to a lexicon or to lexicography" > > That is the meaning I would associate with the phrase "lexical > scoping". As I understand lexical scoping, a scope is a dictionary or > lexicon, basically a map from identifiers of the concrete syntax to > binding sites of the abstract syntax. This dictionary is updated > during parsing. Perhaps "lexical" refers to the fact that the meaning > of the identifier is looked up in this (static) lexicon, as opposed to > determined dynamically at runtime? That's a really interesting thought! I may politely ask Guy Steele what he remembers. Norman
