http://4.flowsnake.org/archives/14 A Pythoneer's adventures with Scheme, etc. Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:37:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://4.flowsnake.org/archives/14/comment-page-1#comment-12 Max Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:54:14 +0000 http://4.flowsnake.org/archives/14#comment-12 report is a closure, but Scheme closures doesn't close over global variables (as far as I understand -- I've never used Scheme beyond GIMP scripts). report is a closure, but Scheme closures doesn’t close over global variables (as far as I understand — I’ve never used Scheme beyond GIMP scripts).

]]> http://4.flowsnake.org/archives/14/comment-page-1#comment-8 Anonymucus Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:56:39 +0000 http://4.flowsnake.org/archives/14#comment-8 So somehow the report function isn't a closure (except in the last example)? Why not? So somehow the report function isn’t a closure (except in the last example)? Why not?

]]> http://4.flowsnake.org/archives/14/comment-page-1#comment-7 Hans Nowak Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:55:55 +0000 http://4.flowsnake.org/archives/14#comment-7 I think so. I'm not all that familiar with Common Lisp. I think so. I’m not all that familiar with Common Lisp.

]]> http://4.flowsnake.org/archives/14/comment-page-1#comment-6 Matt Moriarity Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:18:50 +0000 http://4.flowsnake.org/archives/14#comment-6 this is the same as a regular let in common lisp with a special variable, correct? CL uses dynamic scoping to achieve this. Since scheme uses lexical scoping only, it needs a different form to achieve this, right? this is the same as a regular let in common lisp with a special variable, correct? CL uses dynamic scoping to achieve this. Since scheme uses lexical scoping only, it needs a different form to achieve this, right?

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