From: Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [External] : Re: Lions & tigers & variables - Oh my! [was: Lisp error on function :documentation]
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 22:20:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lepba7ll.fsf@dataswamp.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: SJ0PR10MB5488B90A6418F24DC4693974F32B9@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com
Drew Adams wrote:
>>> _*ALL*_ variables can (really, not virtually) be
>>> eliminated, with combinatory logic. Magic.
>>
>> But not in practise writing code ...
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function-level_programming
Okay, so what's the most impressive and useful program ever
written without the use of a single variable?
> https://www.cs.ucf.edu/~dcm/Teaching/COT4810-Fall%202012/Literature/Backus.pdf
Thanks, we should collect all such links on the wiki if
someone cares to mail the material to the maintainer(s) ...
--
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https://dataswamp.org/~incal
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-10-19 20:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-10-18 15:37 Lions & tigers & variables - Oh my! [was: Lisp error on function :documentation] Drew Adams
2022-10-18 23:25 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-10-19 14:09 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-10-19 20:20 ` Emanuel Berg [this message]
2022-10-20 8:48 ` tomas
2022-10-21 3:37 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-10-21 8:40 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-10-19 5:16 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-10-19 5:27 ` Emanuel Berg
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