Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-24 Thread francogrex
In article icqj46lnoaqkdr5igvqi9so62i30cac...@4ax.com, 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

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 one

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-23 Thread George Neuner
On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:10:16 +0200, francogrex fra...@grex.org 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

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-15 Thread Ian Kelly
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 11:17 PM, bolega gnuist...@gmail.com 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. --

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-15 Thread Seebs
On 2010-07-15, bolega gnuist...@gmail.com 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

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-14 Thread bolega
On Jun 20, 9:31 pm, Richard Fateman fate...@cs.berkeley.edu wrote: Define Macro wrote: On Jun 13, 7:07 pm, bolega gnuist...@gmail.com 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

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-14 Thread geremy condra
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:01 PM, bolega gnuist...@gmail.com wrote: On Jun 20, 9:31 pm, Richard Fateman fate...@cs.berkeley.edu wrote: Define Macro wrote: On Jun 13, 7:07 pm, bolega gnuist...@gmail.com wrote: I am trying to compare LISP/Scheme/Python for their expressiveness. For this, I

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-14 Thread Paul Rubin
bolega gnuist...@gmail.com 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

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-14 Thread bolega
On Jul 13, 11:18 pm, geremy condra debat...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:01 PM, bolega gnuist...@gmail.com wrote: On Jun 20, 9:31 pm, Richard Fateman fate...@cs.berkeley.edu wrote: Define Macro wrote: On Jun 13, 7:07 pm, bolega gnuist...@gmail.com wrote: I am trying to

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-14 Thread bolega
On Jul 13, 11:35 pm, Paul Rubin no.em...@nospam.invalid wrote: bolega gnuist...@gmail.com 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    

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-14 Thread geremy condra
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 10:17 PM, bolega gnuist...@gmail.com wrote: On Jul 13, 11:18 pm, geremy condra debat...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:01 PM, bolega gnuist...@gmail.com wrote: On Jun 20, 9:31 pm, Richard Fateman fate...@cs.berkeley.edu wrote: Define Macro wrote: On

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-08 Thread Nick Keighley
On 7 July, 17:38, Rivka Miller rivkaumil...@gmail.com 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) --

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-08 Thread Nick Keighley
On 8 July, 08:08, Nick Keighley nick_keighley_nos...@hotmail.com wrote: On 7 July, 17:38, Rivka Miller rivkaumil...@gmail.com 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

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-08 Thread Pascal J. Bourguignon
Nick Keighley nick_keighley_nos...@hotmail.com writes: On 8 July, 08:08, Nick Keighley nick_keighley_nos...@hotmail.com wrote: On 7 July, 17:38, Rivka Miller rivkaumil...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone know what the first initial of L. Peter Deutsch stand for ? Laurence according to wikipedia

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-08 Thread Mark Tarver
On 14 June, 00:07, bolega gnuist...@gmail.com 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.

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 nick_keighley_nos...@hotmail.com writes: Nick Keighley nick_keighley_nos...@hotmail.com wrote: Rivka Miller rivkaumil...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone know what the first initial of L. Peter

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-07 Thread Richard Bos
Tim Rentsch t...@alumni.caltech.edu wrote: nanothermite911fbibustards nanothermite911fbibusta...@gmail.com 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;

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-07 Thread Michele Simionato
On Jun 14, 1:07 am, bolega gnuist...@gmail.com 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.

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-07 Thread Rivka Miller
On Jun 13, 4:07 pm, bolega gnuist...@gmail.com 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.

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-07 Thread wolfgang.riedel
On 20 June, 03:48, Tim Rentsch t...@alumni.caltech.edu wrote: nanothermite911fbibustards nanothermite911fbibusta...@gmail.com 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 colder outside

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-06-20 Thread Define Macro
On Jun 13, 7:07 pm, bolega gnuist...@gmail.com 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.

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-06-19 Thread Tim Rentsch
nanothermite911fbibustards nanothermite911fbibusta...@gmail.com 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

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-06-14 Thread Albert van der Horst
In article e1aa09cd-3bcd-4e9b-8f4c-e307a1424...@a2g2000prd.googlegroups.com, bolega gnuist...@gmail.com 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

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-06-14 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
answering the OP - didn't show up on c.l.py On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 4:07 PM, bolega gnuist...@gmail.com 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

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-06-14 Thread fortunatus
On Jun 13, 7:07 pm, bolega gnuist...@gmail.com 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.

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-06-13 Thread geremy condra
On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 4:07 PM, bolega gnuist...@gmail.com 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

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-06-13 Thread Vinay
On 2010-06-13 16:07:54 -0700, bolega gnuist...@gmail.com 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

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-06-13 Thread Gene
On Jun 13, 7:07 pm, bolega gnuist...@gmail.com 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.

Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-06-13 Thread nanothermite911fbibustards
On Jun 13, 4:07 pm, bolega gnuist...@gmail.com 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.

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