Removing >r/r> makes the language simpler. We used to have two features that did the same thing: now we have one.
>r ... r> is exactly equivalent to [ ... ] dip >r/r> does not buy you anything new if you have dip, and it is less safe >because you can forget to balance them correctly -- with dip there is no such >possibility. Language simplicity is a good goal but it is not an end in itself. If you take simplicity to the extreme, you get R5RS scheme or even S/K combinator calculus -- the latter makes it is impossible to implement anything. On the other extreme you have C++ and Perl 6... let's try to find a middle ground. Slava On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 6:37 AM, Kobi Lurie <[email protected]> wrote: > may they rest in peace. > > this is a forth feature, that factor departed from. > I think this indicates that factor is becoming more structured and less > hackable/flexible. > In general, it is good for designing code and keeping it clean, or good > practices. > OTOH, it might take more mental work to start with, figuring out how to > accomplish certain things. > > what do u think? Is it true that factor is becoming less simple as time > passes? > or perhaps it's just shaping up a face of its own. > > CU, kobi > > > > Slava Pestov wrote: >> Hi everybody, >> >> As I mentioned earlier, the >r and r> words have been deprecated. Now >> that no more usages remain in core and basis, they have been removed. >> >> Slava >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. >> The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help >> pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at >> http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Factor-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Factor-talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Factor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk
