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RE: [Axiom-developer] Terms of Surrender (was: BAD tim)
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Bill Page |
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RE: [Axiom-developer] Terms of Surrender (was: BAD tim) |
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Sun, 6 Nov 2005 10:49:14 -0500 |
On November 6, 2005 10:58 AM Tim Daly wrote:
>
> boot and lisp attack the same problem with different syntax.
> in the same environment, namely the execution environment of
> the interpreter boot loses
>
> backquote
> macros
> structures
> data-program symmetry
> ....
>
> if we were going to keep a boot-level syntax i'd argue for
> recoding the whole interpreter into python. at least python
> is a recognized language with documentation and a user base.
>
There is more to the change from lisp to boot than just syntax.
But I agree with your point about the (possible) relevance of
python. In fact we discussed in this email list probably more
than 3 years ago. (Would you like me to lookup on the reference
in the email archive?)
> but lisp will do what python does
Boot also does what python does even more so.
> lisp code for the interpreter exists and works
and currently uses Boot.
> lisp has documentation and a user base
> i know lisp.
No argument there.
Regards,
Bill Page.
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