Functional - Re: shootout: implementing an interpreter for a simple procedural

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Re: shootout: implementing an interpreter for a simple procedural

Markus

2007-07-28, 7:06 pm

> Dan Bensen schrieb:
>
> Now you're exaggerating.
> I actually had to look at Jon's last post to even notice that he had a
> URL to his book in the sig.

Me too. What indeed was the reason for my reply.

> I think both sides are guilty of presenting things in a favorable light.

That's certainly true. But, of course, that (alone) doesn't make people trolls
or spammers.

> In fact this is a long-standing gripe that I have been having about
> the Lisp community. Di

vantages are discussed far more openly in
> other communities (e.g. the Haskell community is quite open about the
> advantages and di

vantages of laziness).

That is exactly the impression I've been forming recently. Of course
I'm not often around at c.l.l. or other Lispish places, so I won't
know.

<... and the rest ...>

All very true. :-)

Regards -- Markus (who's been posting too much today).

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