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- Subject: Re: Good introductory texts ?
- From: David Kastrup <dak@...>
- Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:29:44 +0200
Alex Queiroz <asandroq@gmail.com> writes:
> Hallo,
>
> On 9/23/09, Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> wrote:
>> On Wed, 23 Sep 2009, steve donovan wrote:
>> >
>> > This is a common notion. What can Scheme do that cannot be expressed
>> > in Lua? (Note, this is an actual question)
>>
>>
>> The two biggies are continuations and macros.
>>
>
> I would add that there are no statements, everything is an
> expression.
(set! ... ) is not really an expression. It has no value and only side
effects.
--
David Kastrup