On Dec 28, 2015 11:16 AM, "Ray Toal" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think of it this way too but was really trying to get a formal definition, if one exists.
I suspect you'll need to look outside of programming languages. I believe it goes back to Hilbert's doomed project of purely formal mathematics. LISPy forms are like this, purely formal and devoid of meaning. Whatever meaning they have comes from the reduction res, which are also purely formal and devoid of semantic meaning. If you look at intro texts for logic you'll find talk of things like "formation rules" governing the construction of "sentences", etc. I'm pretty sure that's the tradition from which Clojure's talk of forms comes, one way or another. Gregg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
