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Re: Scsh (a Unix Scheme shell) FAQ

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Subject: Re: Scsh (a Unix Scheme shell) FAQ
From: David Rush <drush@aol.net>
Date: 16 Jan 2003 11:51:18 +0000
Organization: Netscape Communications Corp.
Yoann Padioleau <padiolea@cripure.irisa.fr> writes:
> David Rush <kumo@bellsouth.net> writes:
> > Yoann Padioleau <padiolea@cripure.irisa.fr> writes:
> > > I am not sure call/cc was in scheme from the beginning. 
> > 
> > Full TCO *was* and that is *much* more important.
> 
> TCO =  ???

Tail Call Optimization. A key feature of Scheme, which (along with
lexical scoping) enables pretty much the entire rest of the language
spec. Do you actually understand Scheme *at all*?

> > > Sure, because they dont know what they are talking about.
> > PKB
> pkb = ?

Pot. Kettle. Black.

>From the proverbial "that's the pot calling the kettle `black'".

david rush
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