[plt-scheme] call-by-value vs. call-by-name?

From: Stephen De Gabrielle (stephen at degabrielle.name)
Date: Mon Jan 28 14:14:52 EST 2008

Power Line Telephony!

On Jan 28, 2008 7:08 PM, Shriram Krishnamurthi <sk at cs.brown.edu> wrote:
> Good point.
>
> I've several times thrown group parties at my place where the idea is to
> build your own pizza.  PLT stands for "personal little tondo".
>
> Shriram
>
> On Jan 28, 2008 4:31 PM, Ray Racine <ray.racine at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Should such an opportunity as this go unmet?  Acronyms, like the macro,
> > _must_ be expanded, fulfilling their unbridled manifest destiny.  To do
> > less is an insult to all acronyms everywhere.  For the acronym, which
> > stands for nothing, does not stand for anything at all. Where is the
> > outrage!?!
> >
> > A steering committee must, simply must, be convened immediately.  They
> > shall in turn appoint editors, who shall not rest until  ...
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 11:56 -0500, Shriram Krishnamurthi wrote:
> > > PLT does not stand for anything.
> > >
> > > We're computer scientists: we don't need expansions for our abbreviations.
> > >
> > > Shriram
> >
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