From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: User-reserved element in byte code vectors Date: 14 May 2004 18:14:40 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <20040503195701.GD21891@fencepost> <85ekpz5twj.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> <874qqiao9o.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> <851xlmwzxm.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> <20040514220314.GB10884@fencepost> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1084573207 32410 80.91.224.253 (14 May 2004 22:20:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 22:20:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Lars Brinkhoff , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sat May 15 00:19:56 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BOl24-0001PQ-00 for ; Sat, 15 May 2004 00:19:56 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BOl24-0001Cl-00 for ; Sat, 15 May 2004 00:19:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BOl1b-0008Iy-MI for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 14 May 2004 18:19:27 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.34) id 1BOl1V-0008IB-PC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 May 2004 18:19:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.34) id 1BOl0z-0008CF-EW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 May 2004 18:19:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [132.204.24.67] (helo=mercure.iro.umontreal.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BOkx0-0007hF-2V; Fri, 14 May 2004 18:14:42 -0400 Original-Received: from asado.iro.umontreal.ca (asado.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.24.84]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 695E220AC3; Fri, 14 May 2004 18:14:40 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: by asado.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 27CA78CA23; Fri, 14 May 2004 18:14:40 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: Miles Bader In-Reply-To: <20040514220314.GB10884@fencepost> Original-Lines: 18 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-4.9, requis 5, BAYES_00 -4.90) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:23437 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:23437 >> When reading about currying in the context of Lisp, I've seen >> this many times: >> >> (defun curry (function &rest args1) >> (lambda (&rest args2) >> (apply function (append args1 args2)))) >> >> which I believe matches Miles' definition. > Also I think Dylan's standard `curry' function operates this way (ie my way). > [Dylan is a lisp-like language with an algolish syntax; it's very kewl.] Oh well, just put that on my being a lambda-calculus fundamentalist. I guess I need to gather more troops if I want my crusade to have a slight chance of success. Stefan