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What's the benefit of being implemented as lisp-2 but acting like lisp-1 with [ ]? Why not just be a lisp-1? > TXR is an original notation for matching entire
by veqq 1y ago
What's the benefit of being implemented as lisp-2 but acting like lisp-1 with [ ]? Why not just be a lisp-1?
> TXR is an original notation for matching entire text documents or streams, inspired by the unification that underlies logic programming systems
This has me hooked.
- kazinator 1y agowhile there are certain simplicities and economies in a Lisp-1, it's a bad idea on the whole, and has irksome disadvantages. Lisp-2 also has irksome disadvantages, like the verbosity in code working with functional arguments. I want to give myself and my users the advantages of Lisp-1 and Lisp-2, as well as ways to avoid their respective disadvantages, so there is no way to get around having some kind of combination that lets us work in different styles.