Re: s-exprs + prototypes

[Steve Dekorte <address@hidden>]

On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at 10:52 AM, Pascal Costanza wrote:
> The Lisp paradigm is rooted in the belief that there is no single 
> right perception of reality. Instead, a language has to provide the 
> building blocks that allow you to reconstruct any perception of the 
> world.

What I'm saying is that an object = functions & data in a 
context/scope. If LISP has functions and data in a context, it has 
objects. The only difference (AFAICS) is which scoping rules you choose.

> So what you are discussing is the question whether a single-paradigm 
> approach is preferable over a multi-paradigm approach, or vice versa. 
> These two views cannot be reconciled by definition. The proponent of a 
> single-paradigm approach thinks that he/she has found the right model 
> for any description of the real world whereas the multi-paradigm 
> proponent thinks that things can be so vastly different from instance 
> to instance that no single paradigm can ever be suitable to each and 
> every description of the world. [1]

Lisp's choice of scoping rules defines it's "paradigm". It's not clear 
to me how it's any more "multi-paradigm".

Cheers,
Steve
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