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

From: Robby Findler (robby at cs.uchicago.edu)
Date: Mon Jan 28 14:15:39 EST 2008

Pretty Lame Tackronyms. Oh, wait.

Robby

On Jan 28, 2008 1:14 PM, Stephen De Gabrielle <stephen at degabrielle.name> wrote:
> 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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> Cheers,
>
> Stephen
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