Rock, Could you please proved a link to Alan Bawden's paper? Thanks, Sean
On Jan 25, 9:06 am, Rock <[email protected]> wrote: > I think I have a good topic. > > How about the intricacies of syntax-quotes and in particular, nested > syntax-quotes? > > When I was first learning Lisp (Common Lisp), I had to struggle with > nested syntax-quotes (backquotes) very much. That was until I read > Alan Bawden's superb paper on the subject, and Paul Graham's tips in > ANSI COMMON LISP. It suddenly all made sense. It was really easy once > you stopped "translating" the syntax-quote syntax as the reader was > doing, and followed the simple rules underlying the whole mechanism: > outer quotes first, correspondence between syntax-quotes and unquotes > (easy too), and so on. It became a breeze, and now I can basically > follow even the toughest expressions without struggling at all. That > would be a good one for many clojurians I believe. After all, syntax- > quotes and macros are what make Lisp so powerful with respect to all > the other languages ;) > > Rock > > On Jan 25, 12:30 pm, Meikel Brandmeyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > On Jan 25, 8:58 am, rb <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > * interacting with a database in general, and covering clojureql in > > > particular > > > Beware the redesign: the ClojureQL DSL is currently revised. The end > > result is not clear, yet. However it will change. > > > Sincerely > > Meikel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
