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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: what is `self-typing' ?
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:45:09 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83bphm5dka.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <907065090912252353g40094175q1bec9f4062d82434@mail.gmail.com>

> Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:53:47 +0800
> From: waterloo <waterloo2005@gmail.com>
> 
> > Lisp is unlike many other languages in that its objects are
> > "self-typing": the primitive type of each object is implicit in the
> > object itself.  For example, if an object is a vector, nothing can
> > treat it as a number; Lisp knows it is a vector, not a number.
> >
> 
> What is `self-typing' ? thanks

The explanation appears right there: ``self-typing'' objects are
objects that have their type implicit in the object itself.




  reply	other threads:[~2009-12-26  8:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-12-26  7:53 what is `self-typing' ? waterloo
2009-12-26  8:45 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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2009-12-26 13:32 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon

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