Re: A Lambda Logo Tour

2006-04-07 Thread Alex Hunsley
Xah Lee wrote: > A Lambda Logo Tour > (and why LISP languages using λ as logo should not be looked upon > kindly) > > Xah Lee, 2002-02 > > Dear lispers, For the love of Java! Where is the Java in this post? Underwear related off topic trivia: At university we worked out that Y-fronts weren't Y-

Re: A Lambda Logo Tour

2006-04-05 Thread David Hopwood
Xah Lee wrote: > PS if you know any new lambda logo, please let me know. Thanks. ^ Oops, no, that would be an old lambda logo... -- David Hopwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: A Lambda Logo Tour

2006-04-05 Thread Lars Rune Nøstdal
I bet the ∑-book also has some λ-stuff in it. If it doesn't, it probably uses some other greek letters that aren't mentioned on the cover. It's such a shame, really ... :( -- Lars Rune Nøstdal http://lars.nostdal.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: A Lambda Logo Tour

2006-04-05 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit "Xah Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subroutines in lisps easily have side-effects, and sometimes > non-functional programing methodologies such as OOP are actually > encouraged in lisp. As most of you know, the lambda symbol chosen by > functional languages is to signify no side-effects. Wha