Re: C# is not Dylan (was: Re: C# : The new language from M$)

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Subject: Re: C# is not Dylan (was: Re: C# : The new language from M$)
From: David Bakhash <cadet@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 11:30:05 -0400 (EDT)
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"Michael T. Richter" <mtr@ottawa.com> writes:

> > i admit that the boilerplate mishmash of parens, braces and semicolons
> > can help a human find their way, e.g., i think C's for (;;){} is
> > easier than lisp's (do ()()()).
> 
> Yes.  Finally I've met someone in the Lisp camp who recognizes this feature.

bogus.

But, if you really love C's `for' then just implement it in Common
Lisp.  It shouldn't be too hard to have something that looks almost
exactly like `for' (maybe a bit lispy, but hey, it's lisp).  

(for ((i 0.0) (< i 1.0) (+ i 0.1))
  (print i))

==> 

0.0
0.1
.
.
.
0.9

just a thought.  

dave

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