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Scheme sucks

Name: Anonymous 2011-01-28 10:46

because HAS NO MACROS.

Name: Anonymous 2011-01-28 11:22

>>11
lazy/call-by-need = call-by-name
Haskell is call-by-name, just like Algol. And as we all remember Algol failed because it was static-typed and call by name. So is Scheme and Haskell.

Name: Anonymous 2011-01-28 11:25

>>10
I prefer not to discern one sort of shit from another. It is just all shit, you know.

Name: Anonymous 2011-01-28 11:27

But if someone wants to sort it out...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Bristol_Stool_Chart.png

Name: Anonymous 2011-01-28 11:30

>>9,12
Please educate yourself about reduction order and stop trolling. You can start here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaluation_strategy

>>11
Why is it called ``lazy'' then? Just to conform to the latest fad?

Name: Anonymous 2011-01-28 11:32

>>15
>Why is it called ``lazy'' then? Just to conform to the latest fad?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call-by-name#Non-strict_evaluation
all the same shit to me.

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