On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 21:54 +0200, Chrilly wrote: > Up to my knowledge the first Lisp Versions had no number system. The > number n was represented as the list of numbers from 1 to n (which is > also the mathematical/axiomatic definition of the natural numbers). > But its not very practical. Can anyone provide me with a link how this > was done. I am speaking some computer languages, but Lisp is not among > them. > I want to present the code in an article for the Austrian AI-Journal > (as an example that mathematical elegance and practically usefull are > 2 different things).
There are also elegant (and minimal) computer languages that are turing complete, but nobody want to program with them - they are not practical. - Don > Chrilly > > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
