[plt-scheme] 3?'s

From: Robby Findler (robby at cs.uchicago.edu)
Date: Thu Oct 30 12:44:05 EST 2003

It might have meant that at one point (along with Programming Languages 
Theory at another point), but now it's like AT&T or SWB or .... It 
stands for itself!

Robby

On Oct 30, 2003, at 11:10 AM, Daniel Roy wrote:

>   For list-related administrative tasks:
>   http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme
>
>
> PLT = Programming Language Team
>
> right?
>
> dan
>
> On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Shriram Krishnamurthi wrote:
>
>>   For list-related administrative tasks:
>>   http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme
>>
>> Richard Cleis wrote:
>>
>>> 1) Why does
>>> (list 'quote 'anything)
>>> do the same thing as
>>> (quote 'anything)
>>
>> The first expression evaluates to
>>
>>   (quote anything)
>>
>> which the Scheme printer "optimizes" to
>>
>>   'anything
>>
>> That's one of the odder artifacts of the traditional Scheme printer.
>> If you use the Constructor notation it'll print the first one as
>>
>>   (list 'quote 'anything)
>>
>> and if you use Quasiquote notation it'll print it as
>>
>>   `'anything
>>
>> both of which might be more instructive.
>>
>>> 2) Why is it so hard to find a definition of PLT?
>>
>> In computer science, three-letter acronyms have an existence unto
>> themselves. (-:
>>
>>> 3) Is that Dr Felleisen that replaced my DrScheme error-bug-icon?
>>
>> Yep!
>>
>> Shriram
>>
>



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