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Re: Guile Impressions
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Neil Jerram |
Subject: |
Re: Guile Impressions |
Date: |
11 May 2001 09:30:58 +0100 |
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>>>>> "John" == John Fitzgerald <address@hidden> writes:
John> It would be unreasonable of me to expect hardcore
John> Schemers to handicap themselves in their discussions by
John> avoiding Scheme terminology. Such terminology expedites
John> communication, but the uninitiated need a "leg up". The
John> difficulty posed to newcomers seems to be much greater in
John> the Scheme world than in others I live in because things
John> seem to be almost exclusively defined in Scheme terms. Even
John> in books with teach Scheme programming, there is a distinct
John> lack of non-Scheme descriptive text. Perhaps what is needed
John> is a glossary of terms like 'closure', 'fluid' and
John> 'continuation' (to name some Scheme language ones) which we
John> newbies can refer to to get an plain English description.
For 'closure', have you read the `About Closure' section of the
reference manual? I tried specifically to aim it at readers without a
Scheme background, so I'd appreciate your feedback on whether or not
it is successful in that respect.
I hope to get to 'fluid' documentation soonish. 'continuations' are
just too damn hard!
Neil
- Re: Guile Impressions, (continued)
RE: Guile Impressions, John Fitzgerald, 2001/05/10
RE: Guile Impressions, John Fitzgerald, 2001/05/11