Re: type systems as libraries

"RPG" <rpgoldman@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Drew McDermott has done this as part of his suite of Yale tools for
> lisp. Have a look at the software documentation and software tools on
> his page at http://cs-www.cs.yale.edu/homes/dvm/

Checking out a few of the pages there, I came across this one about
CL's FORMAT:

http://cs-www.cs.yale.edu/homes/dvm/format-stinks.html

I think he has a good point there, and it seems to me that FORMAT is
extremely unlispy, even more so than loop (if such a comparison is
possible). On the other hand, I don't notice FORMAT's unlispiness
threatening to transform my Lisp programs into C evilness... so maybe
it's acceptable.

What are people's thoughts on this? Does anyone actually go out of
their way to avoid FORMAT?

David


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David Trudgett
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