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inactiveTopic Language Features for Executable Patterns
started 2/14/2003; 2:32:49 PM - last post 2/19/2003; 6:11:33 AM
Ehud Lamm - Language Features for Executable Patterns  blueArrow
2/14/2003; 2:32:49 PM (reads: 1145, responses: 1)
Language Features for Executable Patterns
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A objectified Scheme is used for illustration.

Seems quite a few guys found this interesting. Since I know some of them read LtU, maybe they'll want to share their views.


Posted to object-functional by Ehud Lamm on 2/14/03; 2:33:15 PM

GordonWeakliem - Re: Language Features for Executable Patterns  blueArrow
2/19/2003; 6:11:33 AM (reads: 339, responses: 0)
As a Lisp/Scheme newbie, this is still a bit over my head, but I've noticed that the thought process espoused by the Lisp/Scheme books is very much from the XP school of thought - test driven development, rapid prototyping, constant refactoring. In static languages, there seems to be a tendency to chase the current fad - AOP, patterns, OO, etc. It's quite a revelation to see how all that has existed in functional languages for years - in fact, many of these fads appear to have come from the members of the functional language community.