Lambda: The Ultimate Imperative (1976) [pdf](dspace.mit.edu)
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Lambda: The Ultimate Imperative (1976) [pdf]
https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/5790/AIM-353.pdf
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> A third possibility would be to pass the SQRT function as an argument to QUAD (don't laugh!)
:)
I was excited to see the heading "3.3.1 Free (Global) Variables", considering the amount of work people do to avoid those (interpeters and runEnv and so on), but it seems they end up using top-level bindings and assignments …
:)
I was excited to see the heading "3.3.1 Free (Global) Variables", considering the amount of work people do to avoid those (interpeters and runEnv and so on), but it seems they end up using top-level bindings and assignments …
Escape Expressions and Fluid Variables? Call by need? Looks like I'll have to read it.
Didn’t realize the blog was named after a thing. I guess I feel young now.
Guy Steele's papers in particular are almost always an entertaining read. My favorite by him is basically a glorified rant about how the programmer shouldn't have to manually handle tail-recursion (I'd link to it but I cannot seem to find it...If someone here knows where it is I'd appreciate it).