Re: stack-oriented programming idioms Yoda not from ?

[Tony Finch <dot@...>]

On Tue, 25 Jan 2011, David Kastrup wrote:
> Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> writes:
> > On Mon, 24 Jan 2011, Patrick Mc(avery wrote:
> >>
> >> There are languages such as Forth, Factor and Joy to borrow idioms from. Do
> >> you think these idioms might be useful to learn when using the C API?
> >
> > I'm dubious because Lua's stack allows random access whereas forth-alikes
> > do not.
>
> What would you call PICK and ROLL then?

Random access in Lua means that you mostly don't need those operators.

Tony.
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