quote form in picolisp

2021-12-15 Thread pd
Hello, this message is somehow related to the one with subject "Feature request - 'fill'" After playing with fill and quote in picolisp I've found picolisp implmentation of quote is a bit "strange" in terms of lisp tradition. In lisp quote is usually a special form than returns the form passed as

Re: quote form in picolisp

2021-12-15 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi pd, > implmentation of quote is a bit "strange" in terms of lisp tradition. > ... > May you explain and/or discuss this ? It is all explained in this article from 2011: https://picolisp.com/wiki/?ArticleQuote So I consider 'quote' in PicoLisp a big improvement over other lisps ;) ☺/ A!ex

Re: quote form in picolisp

2021-12-15 Thread pd
On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 5:18 PM Alexander Burger wrote: > > It is all explained in this article from 2011: > >https://picolisp.com/wiki/?ArticleQuote > > So I consider 'quote' in PicoLisp a big improvement over other lisps ;) > > interesting point of view but I consider this introduces severa

Re: quote form in picolisp

2021-12-15 Thread Erik Gustafson
Sorry all, I regret my 'Feature Request' mail, pushing additional complexity to the language to make a few lines of code more aesthetically pleasing (to me), and awakening the trolls.

Re: quote form in picolisp

2021-12-15 Thread Danilo Kordic
Hi pd It seems You are looking for Wikipedia/Currying . What are Your further thoughts? What do You think about Wikipedia/De_Bruijn_index ? On Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 06:27 Danilo Kordic wrote: > Trolls!? > > On Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 02:59 Erik Gustafson > wrote: > >> Sorry all, >> >> I regre

Re: quote form in picolisp

2021-12-15 Thread Danilo Kordic
Trolls!? On Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 02:59 Erik Gustafson wrote: > Sorry all, > > I regret my 'Feature Request' mail, pushing additional complexity > to the language to make a few lines of code more aesthetically pleasing > (to me), and awakening the trolls. >