> Since when does any high level language "add functionality"? > You should not expect it too. Fortran does not add functionality > to Assembler language. If anything it specifically removes > functionality, trading-off extreme flexibility for a more > congenial model of computation. No one could argue that the > development of high level programming languages was some kind > of mistake.
boot and lisp attack the same problem with different syntax. in the same environment, namely the execution environment of the interpreter boot loses backquote macros structures data-program symmetry .... if we were going to keep a boot-level syntax i'd argue for recoding the whole interpreter into python. at least python is a recognized language with documentation and a user base. but lisp will do what python does lisp code for the interpreter exists and works lisp has documentation and a user base i know lisp. t _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list Axiom-developer@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
