Re: Lightweight syntax: a dissident view

[David Kastrup <dak@...>]

David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:

> Drake Wilson <drake@begriffli.ch> writes:
>
>> Quoth David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>, on 2010-11-27 21:37:44 +0100:
>>> The Lua approach would be to _make_ functions tables.  Then one need not
>>> worry about one being supported differently from the other.
>>
>> That seems quite bizarre to me, and perhaps more Tcl-esque.  Could you
>> describe what you mean in more detail?
>
> No, I couldn't.

Well, let's say that an array is quite like a memoized function and take
it from there.  But I have no idea where we'll end up.

> It is just an observation that Lua has a tendency not to make you
> choose.  You don't pick between arrays and structures, for example.
>
> On a less bizarre tangent, I expect threads and functions to become the
> same eventually.

-- 
David Kastrup