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> Kernel is a Scheme-like programming language by John N. Shutt in which all objects are first-class. Ok, but what problems are this programming language tryin
by namelezz 11y ago
> Kernel is a Scheme-like programming language by John N. Shutt in which all objects are first-class.
Ok, but what problems are this programming language trying to address?
- joelg 11y agoWhat problems were a Turing machine designed to "address"? Sometimes the things that have the most value are the things that we can't wrap our minds around yet. Think forward.
- groovy2shoes 11y agoThe Entscheidungsproblem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entscheidungsproblem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entscheidungsproblem
- prestonbriggs 11y agoLooking at Shutt's thesis (I've just started), he makes the point that Scheme is pretty 1st class, but not entirely: It has a few reserved forms, e.g., if, lambda, quote. This never particularly bothered me, but errhaps this is what Shutt is attacking.