On Wed 14 Dec 2011 22:03, Mark H Weaver <m...@netris.org> writes: > Noah Lavine <noah.b.lav...@gmail.com> writes: >> [(the-environment)] is just (call-with-current-continuation),
> In fact it makes me wonder whether `the-environment' and `local-eval' > could actually be implemented this way. This prevents the evaluator from running an analysis pass beforehand. It would also prevent syntax expansion from happening beforehand, I think. As an example, Chez Scheme, if it uses the interpreter, actually runs the cp0 pass (like our peval) before passing code off to the interpreter. > Regardless, this is a great way to _think_ about these primitives in > terms that Schemers can understand, and maybe a selling point too. It is an interesting thought experiment, yes ;-) Cheers, Andy -- http://wingolog.org/
