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From: cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de (Martin Cracauer)
Subject: Re: Scheme Interface to C++ classes - HELP NEEDED!
Message-ID: <1995Aug15.124002.9467@wavehh.hanse.de>
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References: <DCsoGq.M0E@hplb.hpl.hp.com> <40buhg$kql@rtl.cygnus.com> 	<BIRKHOLZ.95Aug10121300@dagobah> <LORD.95Aug10130649@rtl.cygnus.com> 	<40fagj$2rf@info.epfl.ch> <ZIGGY.95Aug12025723@biere.ai.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 95 12:40:02 GMT
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ziggy@biere.ai.mit.edu (Michael R. Blair) writes:

>In article <40fagj$2rf@info.epfl.ch> "Stefan Monnier" <stefan.monnier@epfl.ch> writes:

>   In article <LORD.95Aug10130649@rtl.cygnus.com>,
>   Tom Lord <lord@rtl.cygnus.com> wrote in the opposite sequential order:
>   ] A generic name for similar and even largely compatable languages is handy.
>   ] In this case, if not "Scheme", then what?

>   Lisp maybe ?

>Exactly. Guile has none of the things which make Scheme distinct from other
>Lisp dialects. To wit: lexical scoping, single namespace (``obarray''),
>call/cc for fluid-let, unwind-protect and non-local exits, and proper tail
>recursion.

>From what I hear, Guile no longer even has parenthesized prefix
>notation. This is sounding less and less like Guile and more and more like
>Gall (or Gaul?).

You should better check the facts before posting.

Martin
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