Morphing (was: About CONTINUATIONS)
[1/10] from: chaz:innocent at: 25-Feb-2002 20:55
Where would a developer begin, if one had an interest in implementing Scheme
in REBOL?
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From: "Gabriele Santilli" <[g--santilli--tiscalinet--it]>
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Subject: [REBOL] Re: About CONTINUATIONS
At 10.10 25/02/02, Maarten wrote:
>If REBOL (and the likes) offer anything, it is the ability to morph it into
>whatever you like. So if it is not there, try to add it yourself and make
it
>available. It is something RT does not stress enough: if you need it and it
>is not there, morph it into what you want.
I agree wholeheartedly! This point should REALLY be stressed.
Regards,
Gabriele.
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[2/10] from: joel:neely:fedex at: 26-Feb-2002 7:00
Hi, Chaz,
I don't know if it's still in print, but a *very* good introduction
to LISP, requiring only standard programming skills, is in
_Functional_Programming_Application_and_Implementation_
by Peter Henderson,
Prentice-Hall, 1980
ISBN: 0-13-331579-7
It introduces functional programming, contrasts it with imperative
programming, designs and implements LispKit LISP, and adds some
interesting features (e.g. lazy evaluation, nondeterminism...)
I'd recommend that one first, followed by SICP, of course.
_Structure_and_Interpretation_of_Computer_Programs_
Abelson, Sussman, Sussman
MIT Press, 1985
ISBN: 0-262-01077-1
or
McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0-07-000-422-6
which should be on every programmer's bookshelf (well-thumbed with
lots of bookmarks sticking out of it... ;-)
-jn-
chaz wrote:
> Where would a developer begin, if one had an interest in implementing Scheme
> in REBOL?
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; sub REBOL {}; sub head ($) {@_[0]}
REBOL []
# despam: func [e] [replace replace/all e ":" "." "#" "@"]
; sub despam {my ($e) = @_; $e =~ tr/:#/.@/; return "\n$e"}
print head reverse despam "moc:xedef#yleen:leoj" ;
[3/10] from: gerardcote:sympatico:ca at: 26-Feb-2002 16:10
Hello Chaz,
Just to add another 2 cents worth of language search about implementing
Scheme or Lisp with REBOL, I submit you the following Web pointers to some
available documentation about this language's dialects - These are extracted
from a (Long google search :
1. ECL - a Embedded Common-Lisp implementation
... are docummented in the Developer's Guide. ... Finally, the
implementation of the LOOP
macro made by ... documentation strings back to the lisp source files, from
which ...
http://ecls.sourceforge.net/ - 8k
2. Topic: lang/lisp/
Many Common Lisp implementations; An Alfred handy guide to Understanding
LISP ...
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/ai-repository/ai/lang/lisp/0.
html - 11k - 25 Feb 2002 -
3. A design document describing the internals of CMUCL (CMU Common Lisp), in
PDF.
http://cvs2.cons.org/ftp-area/cmucl/doc/CMUCL-design.pdf
4. Maybe the best "modern" book about implementation of various Lisp
Dialects (according to some expert reviewers on AMAZON) : Lisp in Small
Pieces 1996, 514 pages, by Christian Queinnec, Kathleen Callaway
(Translator)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press.
Web page from the author : http://videoc.lip6.fr/queinnec/WWW/Queinnec.html
and Source programs from his book :
http://videoc.lip6.fr/queinnec/WWW/LiSP.html
Prices from AMAZON : List Price: $90.00 Our Price: $90.00
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521562473/qid%3D945541473/sr%3D1-2/1
03-0118530-5571073
Suggestion : Just go on their site to read the reviews and decide by
yourself if it is appropriate for you...
5. A web site listing many if nmot all current and older Lisp books, many of
them discussing about the implementation of Lisp. The last title is even
entirely downloadable as are the sources.
http://www.elwoodcorp.com/alu/table/bibliography.htm
6. Hacking on a scheme implementation
... The Oaklisp Language Manual Description of an object oriented lisp. The
Oaklisp
Implementation Guide An overview of the implementation of Oaklisp. Separate
...
www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/scheme/ - 7k
Greetings,
Gerard Cote
[4/10] from: chaz:innocent at: 26-Feb-2002 20:24
Thanks!
[5/10] from: chaz:innocent at: 26-Feb-2002 21:16
WOW. Thanks for the links. Surely there will be a beginning can be found in
one of these!
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[6/10] from: chris:double at: 28-Feb-2002 22:48
> Where would a developer begin, if one had an interest in implementing
Scheme
> in REBOL?
Lisp in Small Pieces
is the name of the book you want. It's an excellent
book on writing various Lisps with source code in Scheme. Converting this to
Rebol shouldn't be too difficult.
Chris.
[7/10] from: rebol665:ifrance at: 28-Feb-2002 12:46
Hi
I found this site on scheme.
http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/dorai/t-y-scheme/t-y-scheme.html .
You can download it entirely. I did know anything about this language
before. I discovered it has many many things that reminds me Rebol.
Patrick
[8/10] from: chaz:innocent at: 28-Feb-2002 3:58
Okey dokey then, that's the second recommendation on this list for Lisp in
Small Pieces.
This weekend I'll go the public library and request that on "Interlibrary
Loan"
[9/10] from: koopmans:itr:ing:nl at: 28-Feb-2002 13:35
Or...
'Programming and Metaprogramming in Scheme' Jon Pearce
which teaches you how to implement any paradigm in Scheme, incluiding....
Scheme.
Nice intro to programming as well.
--Maarten
On Thursday 28 February 2002 10:48, you wrote:
[10/10] from: chaz:innocent at: 28-Feb-2002 5:15
yeah.
vector (and dotted pair) seems similar to block
define seems similar to func
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