From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: guile-user@gnu.org
Subject: Re: 1+ is not R5RS
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:09:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ljud2nrt.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 494A696D.3080201@organum.hu
Hello,
"Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool)" <lilypondtool@organum.hu> writes:
> I'm trying to implement a more or less Guile compatible Scheme
> implementation in Java.
Can you share some insight as to why you took this route rather than
use/extend either Kawa or Guile? :-)
> However I found that Guile allows 1+ 1- etc. as identifiers. However,
> the R5RS spec does not allow.
Right.
> Could you provide me some background why 1+ exists, as it is the same
> as (+ 1, and why is it named like this?
It'll be hard to get a definite answer: these procedures have "always"
been there, at least since Jim Blandy became Guile's maintainer:
commit 0f2d19dd46f83f41177f61d585732b32a866d613
Author: Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com>
Date: Thu Jul 25 22:56:11 1996 +0000
That's a long time ago...
Thanks,
Ludo'.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-18 21:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-18 15:17 1+ is not R5RS Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool)
2008-12-18 21:09 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2008-12-18 22:31 ` Clinton Ebadi
2008-12-19 4:24 ` Keith Wright
2008-12-19 9:43 ` Ralf Mattes
2008-12-19 6:09 ` Linas Vepstas
2008-12-19 7:41 ` Bertalan Fodor
2008-12-19 16:34 ` Linas Vepstas
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-12-19 19:29 Bertalan Fodor
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