Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-24 Thread francogrex
In article , gneun...@comcast.net says... >I don't think it's accurate to say that [some] experts really "scorn" >newbies, but I do agree that newbies are occasionally mistreated. > >One thing newbies have to realize is that on Usenet you are quite >likely to be talking to people who were there

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-23 Thread George Neuner
On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:10:16 +0200, francogrex wrote: >Unfortunately many so-called experts in the field look down >on newbies and mistreat them (in any programming language forum), >forgetting in the process that they were also at a certain time >newbies until some gentle and nice enough teache

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-23 Thread francogrex
In article <16a7e301-2e85-47eb-971e-79acc4e07...@b35g2000yqi. googlegroups.com>, gnuist...@gmail.com says... >This makes some sense. He replied on the newsgroup in a lengthy post >that there are sufficient resources out there giving hint that no one >need help me out. Then I was called "lazy" in

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-15 Thread Seebs
On 2010-07-15, bolega wrote: > This makes some sense. He replied on the newsgroup in a lengthy post > that there are sufficient resources out there giving hint that no one > need help me out. Then I was called "lazy" in one email and tersely > given JUST the last name of an author who has many boo

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-14 Thread Ian Kelly
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 11:17 PM, bolega wrote: > This makes some sense. He replied on the newsgroup in a lengthy post > that there are sufficient resources out there giving hint that no one > need help me out. I have no record of such a post. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-li

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-14 Thread geremy condra
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 10:17 PM, bolega wrote: > On Jul 13, 11:18 pm, geremy condra wrote: >> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:01 PM, bolega wrote: >> > On Jun 20, 9:31 pm, Richard Fateman wrote: >> >> Define Macro wrote: >> >> > On Jun 13, 7:07 pm, bolega wrote: >> >> >> I am trying to compare LIS

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-14 Thread bolega
On Jul 13, 11:35 pm, Paul Rubin wrote: > bolega writes: > > I am trying to compare LISP/Scheme/Python for their expressiveness... > > Are there already answers anywhere ? > > How would a gury approach such a project ? > > These two articles > >    http://page.mi.fu-berlin.de/~prechelt/Biblio/jccp

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-14 Thread bolega
On Jul 13, 11:18 pm, geremy condra wrote: > On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:01 PM, bolega wrote: > > On Jun 20, 9:31 pm, Richard Fateman wrote: > >> Define Macro wrote: > >> > On Jun 13, 7:07 pm, bolega wrote: > >> >> I am trying to compare LISP/Scheme/Python for their expressiveness. > > >> >> For

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-13 Thread Paul Rubin
bolega writes: > I am trying to compare LISP/Scheme/Python for their expressiveness... > Are there already answers anywhere ? > How would a gury approach such a project ? These two articles http://page.mi.fu-berlin.de/~prechelt/Biblio/jccpprt_computer2000.pdf http://www.haskell.org/pape

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-13 Thread geremy condra
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:01 PM, bolega wrote: > On Jun 20, 9:31 pm, Richard Fateman wrote: >> Define Macro wrote: >> > On Jun 13, 7:07 pm, bolega wrote: >> >> I am trying to compare LISP/Scheme/Python for their expressiveness. >> >> >> For this, I propose a vanilla C interpreter. I have seen a

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-13 Thread bolega
On Jun 20, 9:31 pm, Richard Fateman wrote: > Define Macro wrote: > > On Jun 13, 7:07 pm, bolega wrote: > >> I am trying to compare LISP/Scheme/Python for their expressiveness. > > >> For this, I propose a vanilla C interpreter. I have seen a book which > >> writes C interpreter in C. > > >> The c

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-08 Thread George Neuner
On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:39:45 +0200, p...@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon) wrote: >Nick Keighley writes: >> Nick Keighley wrote: >>> Rivka Miller wrote: >> Anyone know what the first initial of L. Peter Deutsch stand for ? >>> >>> Laurence according to wikipedia (search time 2s) >>

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-08 Thread Mark Tarver
On 14 June, 00:07, bolega wrote: > I am trying to compare LISP/Scheme/Python for their expressiveness. > > For this, I propose a vanilla C interpreter. I have seen a book which > writes C interpreter in C. > > The criteria would be the small size and high readability of the code. > > Are there alr

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-08 Thread Pascal J. Bourguignon
Nick Keighley writes: > On 8 July, 08:08, Nick Keighley > wrote: >> On 7 July, 17:38, Rivka Miller wrote: > > >> > Anyone know what the first initial of L. Peter Deutsch stand for ? >> >> Laurence according to wikipedia (search time 2s) > > oops! He was born Laurence but changed it legally to "

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-08 Thread Nick Keighley
On 8 July, 08:08, Nick Keighley wrote: > On 7 July, 17:38, Rivka Miller wrote: > > Anyone know what the first initial of L. Peter Deutsch stand for ? > > Laurence according to wikipedia (search time 2s) oops! He was born Laurence but changed it legally to "L." including the dot -- http://mail

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-08 Thread Nick Keighley
On 7 July, 17:38, Rivka Miller wrote: > Although C comes with a regex library, C does not come with a regexp library > Anyone know what the first initial of L. Peter Deutsch stand for ? Laurence according to wikipedia (search time 2s) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-07 Thread wolfgang.riedel
On 20 June, 03:48, Tim Rentsch wrote: > nanothermite911fbibustards > writes: > > Asking whether Lisp is faster than C is like asking why it's > colder in the mountains than it is in the summer. original Karl Valentin would be but yours is in his sense. Wolfgang -- http://mail.python.org/mail

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-07 Thread Rivka Miller
On Jun 13, 4:07 pm, bolega wrote: > I am trying to compare LISP/Scheme/Python for their expressiveness. > > For this, I propose a vanilla C interpreter. I have seen a book which > writes C interpreter in C. > > The criteria would be the small size and high readability of the code. > > Are there al

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-07 Thread Michele Simionato
On Jun 14, 1:07 am, bolega wrote: > I am trying to compare LISP/Scheme/Python for their expressiveness. > > For this, I propose a vanilla C interpreter. I have seen a book which > writes C interpreter in C. > > The criteria would be the small size and high readability of the code. > > Are there al

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-07 Thread Richard Bos
Tim Rentsch wrote: > nanothermite911fbibustards > > > How to make Lisp go faster than C > > Didier Verna > > Asking whether Lisp is faster than C is like asking why it's > colder in the mountains than it is in the summer. YM warmer. HTH; HAND. Richard -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/list

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-06-20 Thread Define Macro
On Jun 13, 7:07 pm, bolega wrote: > I am trying to compare LISP/Scheme/Python for their expressiveness. > > For this, I propose a vanilla C interpreter. I have seen a book which > writes C interpreter in C. > > The criteria would be the small size and high readability of the code. > > Are there al

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-06-19 Thread Tim Rentsch
nanothermite911fbibustards writes: >> Probably doesn't meet your intent, but this is a really impressive bit >> of (whacky) art: > > Lisp runs faster than C. Once you get more time away from screwing > Palestinians, and other false-flags, you will find ideas like these > > How to make Lisp go fas

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-06-14 Thread fortunatus
On Jun 13, 7:07 pm, bolega wrote: > I am trying to compare LISP/Scheme/Python for their expressiveness. > > For this, I propose a vanilla C interpreter. I have seen a book which > writes C interpreter in C. > > The criteria would be the small size and high readability of the code. > > Are there al

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-06-14 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 4:07 PM, bolega wrote: I am trying to compare LISP/Scheme/Python for their expressiveness. Scheme is actually a lisp, isn't it ? For this, I propose a vanilla C interpreter. I have seen a book which writes C interpreter in C. The criteria would be the small size a

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-06-14 Thread Albert van der Horst
In article , bolega wrote: >I am trying to compare LISP/Scheme/Python for their expressiveness. > >For this, I propose a vanilla C interpreter. I have seen a book which >writes C interpreter in C. > >The criteria would be the small size and high readability of the code. > >Are there already answe

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-06-13 Thread nanothermite911fbibustards
> Probably doesn't meet your intent, but this is a really impressive bit > of (whacky) art: Lisp runs faster than C. Once you get more time away from screwing Palestinians, and other false-flags, you will find ideas like these How to make Lisp go faster than C Didier Verna Abstract Contrary to po

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-06-13 Thread nanothermite911fbibustards
On Jun 13, 4:07 pm, bolega wrote: > I am trying to compare LISP/Scheme/Python for their expressiveness. > > For this, I propose a vanilla C interpreter. I have seen a book which > writes C interpreter in C. > > The criteria would be the small size and high readability of the code. > > Are there al

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-06-13 Thread Gene
On Jun 13, 7:07 pm, bolega wrote: > I am trying to compare LISP/Scheme/Python for their expressiveness. > > For this, I propose a vanilla C interpreter. I have seen a book which > writes C interpreter in C. > > The criteria would be the small size and high readability of the code. > > Are there al

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-06-13 Thread Vinay
On 2010-06-13 16:07:54 -0700, bolega said: I am trying to compare LISP/Scheme/Python for their expressiveness. For this, I propose a vanilla C interpreter. I have seen a book which writes C interpreter in C. The criteria would be the small size and high readability of the code. Are there alr

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-06-13 Thread geremy condra
On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 4:07 PM, bolega wrote: > I am trying to compare LISP/Scheme/Python for their expressiveness. Try the programming languages shootout. > For this, I propose a vanilla C interpreter. I have seen a book which > writes C interpreter in C. Good luck. > The criteria would be t

C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-06-13 Thread bolega
I am trying to compare LISP/Scheme/Python for their expressiveness. For this, I propose a vanilla C interpreter. I have seen a book which writes C interpreter in C. The criteria would be the small size and high readability of the code. Are there already answers anywhere ? How would a gury appro