20 Sep
2005
20 Sep
'05
3:57 p.m.
On Sep 20, 2005, at 3:43 PM, Glynn Clements wrote:
That, in a nutshell, is Lisp's key strength. It uses the same structure for code as for data, which makes it very easy to add new language features.
I assume that you refer to `eval' and the fact it operates on conses and symbols. Beyond the extremely contrived example of a metacircular interpreter, what are some examples of the benefits of this feature of lisp? What are some examples of language features that are easy to add? -------------------------------- David F. Place mailto:d@vidplace.com