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Re: Request for feedback on SRFI-126
From: |
Marko Rauhamaa |
Subject: |
Re: Request for feedback on SRFI-126 |
Date: |
Thu, 01 Oct 2015 08:11:13 +0300 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) |
Arne Babenhauserheide <address@hidden>:
> Making Scheme as usable as Python requires finding an elegance which
> fits Scheme and allows creating applications at least as easily as
> with Python — but not necessarily in the same style.
The main thing is to keep the S expressions' data/code duality. Python
doesn't have it. Here's a Python program:
for i in range(10):
print(i)
Here's the abstract syntax tree of the same program (generated by
ast.dump):
Module(
body=[
For(target=Name(
id='i',
ctx=Store()),
iter=Call(
func=Name(
id='range',
ctx=Load()),
args=[Num(n=10)],
keywords=[],
starargs=None,
kwargs=None),
body=[Expr(value=Call(
func=Name(
id='print',
ctx=Load()),
args=[
Name(id='i',
ctx=Load())],
keywords=[],
starargs=None,
kwargs=None))],
orelse=[])])
In Scheme, code is its own abstract syntax tree.
Marko
- Re: Request for feedback on SRFI-126, (continued)
Re: Request for feedback on SRFI-126, Mark H Weaver, 2015/10/08
Re: Request for feedback on SRFI-126, Arne Babenhauserheide, 2015/10/08
- Re: Request for feedback on SRFI-126,
Marko Rauhamaa <=