Hello! Chris Marusich <cmmarus...@gmail.com> skribis:
> Alex Vong <alexvong1...@gmail.com> writes: > >> [...] It seems many think λ is not newcomer-friendly [...]. > > I would go one step farther and argue that the name "lambda" itself is > not the best, regardless of whether it's written as "lambda" or "λ". I > agree with the authors of Structure and Interpretation of Computers when > they wrote ((sicp) 1.3.2): > > "It would be clearer and less intimidating to people learning Lisp if a > name more obvious than ‘lambda’, such as ‘make-procedure’, were used. > But the convention is firmly entrenched." I agree; “procedure” or even “function” would be much clearer… > But I digress. That ship has sailed, so the least we can do is to write > "lambda" instead of "λ" to keep Guix approachable/hackable for > newcomers. Every little bit counts. Agreed! (And I’m saying this as the person who added λ to boot-9.scm. :-)) Ludo’.
