Aled Gest dixit (2009-11-13, 21:10):
> > If you would care for a pleasant
> > (really) weekend with Lisp, try installing SBCL (a popular Common Lisp
> > implementation) on your OS and have a look at Peter Seibel's great
> > introductory (and more) book on Common Lisp:
> >
> > http://www.gigamonkey
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 12:43:40AM +0200, Dmitry Maluka wrote:
> Now, let's stop this discussion. Or we can continue it under the
> perspective of improving the C preprocessor, that's an interesting
> subject.
+1
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 05:25:09PM +0100, Mate Nagy wrote:
> please stop posting
Please don't. I for one find this discussion somewhat interesting, not
the least for the effort to exchange logically sound argumets. It's a
refreshing alternative to the empty and useless mud-slinging that all
too o
> I don't see the point of writing complex macros to subdue a language to
> my taste, when I could just as easily use another language.
Why not try Lisp as another language?
Macros are not necessarily kludges (though C macros are). They are a tool
for code simplification and decomposition. Anothe
2009/11/13 Antoni Grzymala :
> It's getting very much off topic.
That's why it's marked with [OT], and that's why I moved it out of the
Go thread. I suspect the objection is more to do with people not
liking to hear criticism about things they're fond of.
> If you would care for a pleasant
> (rea
Aled Gest dixit (2009-11-13, 16:27):
> 2009/11/13 Mate Nagy :
> > please stop posting
>
> Why?
It's getting very much off topic. If you would care for a pleasant
(really) weekend with Lisp, try installing SBCL (a popular Common Lisp
implementation) on your OS and have a look at Peter Seibel's g
2009/11/13 Mate Nagy :
> please stop posting
Why?
Hello,
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 04:22:48PM +, Aled Gest wrote:
> Please don't fallaciously assume I don't know anything just because
> I'm criticizing a Language you're fanatical about.
> I agree, no language can directly accommodate all needs, but if I find
> my self wanting to write ugly macr
2009/11/13 Moritz Wilhelmy :
> In lisp, the macros are part of the language and don't hide anything.
> The syntax itself is lisp, with all it's parentheses.
I'm only going by what Dimitry Maluka was suggesting in his e-mail. I
don't see the point of writing complex macros to subdue a language to
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