[r6rs-discuss] A different take on libraries

From: AndrevanTonder <andre>
Date: Wed Nov 15 10:07:51 2006

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006, MichaelL_at_frogware.com wrote:

> I think there's another way to go, though. Imagine, for example, that
> libraries were designed the way that records are. Imagine that there was a
> procedural layer, and that the syntax was built on top of the procedural
> layer.

I don't think that would work. Libraries are similar to "lambda" in the
sense that they have to control compile-time visibility of bindings. This
cannot be done with procedures, just like "lambda" cannot be simulated with
procedures.

Cheers
Andre
Received on Wed Nov 15 2006 - 10:03:47 UTC