Thien-Thi Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:31:51 -0800, Kin Cho wrote:
>
> > If you know C, 'xml-html-mode is like taking the
> > address of a function.
>
> that's a stretch!
>
> did anyone who:
> (a) did know C previously
> and (b) did NOT know emacs lisp previously
> and (c) learned something about emacs lisp eventually
> find this comparison to be helpful in going from (b) to (c)?
It's hard to remember back that far, but I think I probably found that
comparison helpful way back when. I'm not sure why you think it's such
a stretch. Sure, there are significant differences, but none-the-less,
(setq f 'function)
(funcall f)
is how you accomplish in emacs the same feat as in C with
f = function; /* implicitely takes the address of function */
(*f)();
I suppose not all C programmers are familiar with function pointers,
yet you really aren't an emacs programmer until you're familiar with
quoted function names, so it might be considered a stretch in the
sense that some C programmers wouldn't have the concept to begin with.
Is that what you meant?
-don provan
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