Re: Code-only forms?

2008-08-02 Thread Larry Wall
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 05:56:14AM -0500, John M. Dlugosz wrote: In S04, Other similar Code-only forms ... What does that mean? It is feebly attempting to say that, because these are control flow functions, the argument is really a thunk that the function has control of when and how it's

Re: Code-only forms?

2008-08-02 Thread Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH
On 2008 Aug 2, at 12:57, Larry Wall wrote: On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 05:56:14AM -0500, John M. Dlugosz wrote: In S04, Other similar Code-only forms ... What does that mean? It is feebly attempting to say that, because these are control flow functions, the argument is really a thunk

Re: Code-only forms?

2008-08-02 Thread John M. Dlugosz
, Other similar Code-only forms ... What does that mean? It is feebly attempting to say that, because these are control flow functions, the argument is really a thunk that the function has control of when and how it's executed, much like in the constructs: $x thunk $x || thunk $x

Code-only forms?

2008-07-31 Thread John M. Dlugosz
In S04, Other similar Code-only forms ... What does that mean?