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CL-Arc: Arc Compiler in Common Lisp
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It's not theoretically impossible that Arc could eventually be metacircular (by writing the Arc compiler in Arc). I think that would be even cooler than implementations in SBCL, etc. This would also maintain the authority of the canonical implementation.
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I think part of the reason we were all hoping for more frequent releases was because, despite the fact that pg explicitly described arc as a 100-year language, he also stated that his design philosophy involved rapid iterations.
"I like to find (a) simple solutions (b) to overlooked problems (c) that actually need to be solved, and (d) deliver them as informally as possible, (e) starting with a very crude version 1, then (f) iterating rapidly." http://www.paulgraham.com/newthings.html I actually think was a good plan, I just wish pg were able to follow it ;-) Even small improvements or bug fixes would make the community feel engaged. |
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y!x is short for (y 'x), and y.x is short for (y x) It should also be noted that a.b and a!b only works when a and b are symbols or integers. You can't for example |