Re: Var-free programming (slightly off-topic)

[Dan Moniz <address@hidden>]

On 12/4/01 6:44 PM, "Scott McKay" <swm@hotdispatch.com> wrote:

> I've been wrestling with this question for a while, and here's what I've
> come up with so far.  So far, I've just been "brainstorming" with myself,
> and haven't introduced any rigor yet.
> (1) It should have a small, reasonably orthogonal core that has extensibility
>      built in from the start.

[snip]

> - ARC, I predict, will fail on 1.
 
I don't see why Arc would fail on 1. Arc's planned macro facility seems to
be the perfect fit here.


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Dan Moniz <dnm@pobox.com> [http://www.pobox.com/~dnm/]