The language vs. the environment

[Michael Hudson]

Paul Rubin <phr-n2002a at nightsong.com> writes:

> Skip Montanaro <skip at pobox.com> writes:
> > There has been a huge amount of recent PEP activity related to further
> > enhancements to the language.  I think in general that if more of this
> > energy was directed at the overall environment (library, support tools,
> > installers, documentation, etc) we'd be better off in the long run.
> 
> While we're at it, am I the only one bothered by how unsharp the
> boundary is between the language and the environment?  I'd consider
> things like sys.exc_info to be part of the environment, but there's no
> other way to get the info.

You've lost me.  Care to elaborate?

Cheers,
M.
PS: bear in mind my fondness for common lisp -- I'm not convinced
    separation of language and environment is a good thing...

-- 
  languages shape the way we think, or don't.
                                        -- Erik Naggum, comp.lang.lisp