From: Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@glug.org>
Subject: Re: Suggestions? Better filetype sniffing -- XHTML vs. HTML
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:59:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7e4q8qu35x.fsf@ada2.unipv.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: uzmubrinx.fsf@comcast.net
don provan <dprovan@comcast.net> writes:
> It's hard to remember back that far, but I think I probably found that
> comparison helpful way back when. I'm not sure why you think it's such
> a stretch. Sure, there are significant differences, but none-the-less,
>
> (setq f 'function)
> (funcall f)
>
> is how you accomplish in emacs the same feat as in C with
>
> f = function; /* implicitely takes the address of function */
> (*f)();
>
> I suppose not all C programmers are familiar with function pointers,
> yet you really aren't an emacs programmer until you're familiar with
> quoted function names, so it might be considered a stretch in the
> sense that some C programmers wouldn't have the concept to begin with.
> Is that what you meant?
adopting analogies is a great way to learn, but i have been burned by
adopting ones that i mistakenly took to be more insightful (general)
than they actually were. in this case, i might have as a newbie
(conjecture because i have forgotten the precise steps of my learning
process, unfortunately), taken the above to also imply that:
(setq f '(+ 1 2 3))
(funcall f)
would also be "valid", which it is not. it certainly is valid when the
quoted object is a function, i'm not arguing against that. i'm just
pointing out how easily i confuse myself w/ a little imprecision.
thi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-09-12 7:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-02-24 14:56 Suggestions? Better filetype sniffing -- XHTML vs. HTML D. D. Brierton
2004-02-24 16:47 ` Kin Cho
2004-02-24 17:16 ` D. D. Brierton
2004-02-24 17:31 ` Kin Cho
2004-02-24 17:46 ` D. D. Brierton
2005-05-27 14:29 ` slashdevslashnull
[not found] ` <mailman.2088.1117208718.25862.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-05-27 23:39 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2005-05-31 6:52 ` don provan
2005-09-12 7:59 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen [this message]
2005-09-15 16:25 ` don provan
2004-02-24 17:11 ` Stefan Monnier
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