What If Python Replaced Elisp?

Darrell darrell at dorb.com
Fri Mar 10 21:19:58 EST 2000


Not so fast.
I've written Forth interpreters that assume the stack holds C++ objects all
derived
from a common base class.

'+=' was defined on the base class and had meaning for strings.

."Hi"
."By"
+= .
Hi By

What does this have to do with the conversation, I have no idea.

--Darrell

"Samuel A. Falvo II"  wrote:
> What about FORTH compilers?  I don't see how Forth fits into this
discussion
> at all.  Forth is an extremely static language, for all its dynamic
> features.  +, for example, will *only* produce meaningful results when fed
> integers.  As a result, it doesn't even make sense to perform type
> inferencing with Forth.  :)
>







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