Re: stack-oriented programming idioms Yoda not from ?

[David Kastrup <dak@...>]

Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> writes:

> On Tue, 25 Jan 2011, David Kastrup wrote:
>>
>> In sexist circles this argument would be classified as female logic.
>
> That kind of comment is unacceptable. Please don't post to the list if
> you can't make your point without causing offense.

That restriction would be a proper subset of "if you can't make your
point".  Which gets us back to that argument of yours:

>> > 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.

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David Kastrup