From: Stefan <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [roland.winkler@physik.uni-erlangen.de: documentation bug: customization type `option']
Date: 09 Jul 2004 14:02:31 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m1eknlrrek.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <x5r7rlr7ww.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>
> As a language feature, "lazy" is the most often used word as in "lazy
> evaluation". Scheme also has the noun "continuation" for what
> amounts to an implementation of the concept.
No, continuations are something entirely different. Scheme's operations to
handle laziness are "delay" and "force".
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-07-09 18:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-07-01 17:14 [roland.winkler@physik.uni-erlangen.de: documentation bug: customization type `option'] Richard Stallman
2004-07-02 9:19 ` Alex Schroeder
2004-07-02 12:14 ` Roland Winkler
2004-07-03 18:21 ` Richard Stallman
2004-07-04 2:31 ` Miles Bader
2004-07-04 14:57 ` Roland Winkler
2004-07-07 16:34 ` Per Abrahamsen
2004-07-08 23:18 ` Richard Stallman
2004-07-09 6:46 ` Per Abrahamsen
2004-07-09 6:50 ` David Kastrup
2004-07-09 18:02 ` Stefan [this message]
2004-07-10 7:31 ` Richard Stallman
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