Ken Tilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Alexander Schmolck wrote: > > jayessay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >>"Michele Simionato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > >> > >>>I was interested in a proof of concept, to show that Python can > >>>emulate Lisp special variables with no big effort. > >> > >>OK, but the sort of "proof of concept" given here is something you can > >> hack up in pretty much anything. > > Care to provide e.g. a java equivalent? > > I think the point is that, with the variable actually being just a > string and with dedicated new explicit functions required as > "accessors", well, you could hack that up in any language with > dictionaries. It is the beginnings of an interpreter, not Python > itself even feigning special behavior.
Exactly. Of course this is going to be totally lost on the intended audience... /Jon -- 'j' - a n t h o n y at romeo/charley/november com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
