Re: Hints on recursion


"Pascal Bourguignon" <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:87psoin26x.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> "matteo d'addio 81" <m_a_t_e_81@xxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>>
>> in my opinion if you substitute '(g h i) to rest you'll get:
>>
>> (twice 'e '(e quote (g h i))) = (once 'e quote (g h i))
>>
>> or:
>>
>> (twice 'e '(e g h i)) = (once 'e g h i)
>>
>> Am I wrong?
>
> You're right. I'd substitute (g h i) to rest.
>

<Pascal's explanation elided>

I can't believe I'm actually replying to this nonsense,
but I've still got a little caffeine left in the system.
If I say that you can find "hammer" in the dictionary,
you can argue that there are no words in that book starting
with a double quotation mark. If I say you can find hammer
in the dictionary, you can say that the idea that all a
carpenter needs is a book, because all his tools are in
it, is a ridiculous idea.

Or, dramatic pause, you can look at the context and assume
the most rational idea, that "hammer" and hammer are, in
both sentences, referring to a word located in the damn
dictionary and get on with enjoying life instead of, I
don't know, say ... losing sleep over one tiny little
single quote mark in a NG post by avoiding the obvious.

--
Geoff



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