Newbie Q's

2008-11-29 Thread Aaron Gray
Hi, I have been beginning to read the ML reference implementation and have a few basic questions. What is REPL and what does it stand for ? What is a RIB and does it stand for anything ? What are FIXTURES ? Many thanks in advance, Aaron ___ Es-disc

Re: Newbie Q's

2008-12-01 Thread Graydon Hoare
Aaron Gray wrote: Hi, I have been beginning to read the ML reference implementation and have a few basic questions. What is REPL and what does it stand for ? What is a RIB and does it stand for anything ? What are FIXTURES ? REPL stands for "read, eval, print loop". It's lisp slang for

Re: Newbie Q's

2008-12-01 Thread Aaron Gray
Aaron Gray wrote: Hi, I have been beginning to read the ML reference implementation and have a few basic questions. What is REPL and what does it stand for ? What is a RIB and does it stand for anything ? What are FIXTURES ? REPL stands for "read, eval, print loop". It's lisp slang for "i