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Re: instead of SCSH
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Michael Livshin |
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Re: instead of SCSH |
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06 Aug 2001 09:57:49 +0300 |
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Tom Lord <address@hidden> writes:
> I think SCSH makes too much use of macros.
what's wrong in macros, in your opinion?
[ ISTR SCSH providing a functional counterpart for every macro. did
this convention go away somewhere between SCSH 4.2 and the present? ]
> Process forms have a natural representation as lists and
> can be interpreted at run-time without any serious
> performance penalty (as far as I can tell).
>
> If process forms are lists, programs can build them
> at run-time, which is sometimes useful.
um. do you want to say that providing a process list evaluator is
somehow better than just using eval?
are you worried about security or something else?
--
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- instead of SCSH, Tom Lord, 2001/08/05
- Re: instead of SCSH,
Michael Livshin <=