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Re: C# is not Dylan (was: Re: C# : The new language from M$)
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To: info-dylan@ai.mit.edu
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Subject: Re: C# is not Dylan (was: Re: C# : The new language from M$)
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From: Rainer Joswig <rainer.joswig@ision.net>
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Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 08:00:04 -0400 (EDT)
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Organization: ISION Internet AG
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In article <200006301724.NAA04226@life.ai.mit.edu>, Jeff Dalton
<jeff@aiai.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dylan is very close to Scheme+a-CLOS-subset in "language
Hmm, personally I'd say Dylan is a stripped down Common Lisp.
Dylan has much more from Common Lisp than from Scheme.
And this is not only the object system.
Dylan has:
- keyword parameters
- multiple values
- types
- multiple defines
- conditions
- blocks with cleanup clause
- loop (called "for")
- ...
But then, "The Dylan Reference Manual" does not
mention Lisp, Common Lisp or Scheme with a single word.
Thanks.
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