From: Rolf Ade <rolf@pointsman.de>
To: emacs-tangents@gnu.org
Subject: Re: 2016-05-23 Emacs News
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 18:01:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bn39c9tb.fsf@linux-qg7d.fritz.box> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87lh2dgkjy.fsf@ulb.ac.be
Nicolas Richard <youngfrog@members.fsf.org> writes:
> Rolf Ade <rolf@pointsman.de> writes:
>> Is what the article demonstrates something special to the 'build-in'
>> function sort or to emacs lisp? It would help me, if someone explains
>> what happen in this example in other words (not in implementation detail
>> but language concepts).
>
> Note : meanwhile I saw Marcin posted a much shorter re-explanation... oh
> well, I'll just post this anyway :)
>
> [Step-by-step explanation]
Saw your post only after answering to Marcin. Thank you very much for
going into that lengths, I really appreciate.
Maybe some light is shining into my darkness. It boils down to the
difference between (quote (1 3 2)) and (list 1 3 2). `(elisp)Printed
Representation' has probably the crucical sentences:
"In other languages, an expression is text; it has no other form. In
Lisp, an expression is primarily a Lisp object and only secondarily the
text that is the object’s read syntax."
Still have to dig around more on this road; I would lie if I claim it's
all clear now ...
prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-06-10 16:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-05-23 16:44 2016-05-23 Emacs News Sacha Chua
2016-06-10 0:04 ` Rolf Ade
2016-06-10 10:30 ` Nicolas Richard
2016-06-10 13:37 ` Rolf Ade
2016-06-10 13:52 ` Marcin Borkowski
2016-06-10 15:22 ` Rolf Ade
2016-06-10 16:45 ` John Mastro
2016-06-10 14:55 ` Nicolas Richard
2016-06-10 16:01 ` Rolf Ade [this message]
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