[plt-scheme] lambda-apply-values

Thank you all,

I think I need to go read some code - the webserver is probably a good
choice as it seems to be getting a lot of use lately. I'd also appreciate
[code reading] suggestions if anyone would care to make any.

s

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 8:44 PM, Matthias Felleisen <matthias at ccs.neu.edu>wrote:

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> Well this is where units shine. You can have one data structure
> implementation where define-struct is implemented via lists and another one
> where the same structure is a true struct. And you can relink the program to
> get lists for one purpose and structs for another. -- And you could do this
> in the same program, though you'd need a translator/adaptor unit to make
> them work together.
>
> -- Matthias
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> On Nov 21, 2008, at 3:31 PM, Grant Rettke wrote:
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>  On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 6:15 AM, Noel Welsh <noelwelsh at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Use structures and/or pattern matching (see match-lambda in
>>> particular).  Using lists as structures is, I think, quite bad
>>> practice.  You can get away with it for limited cases but it will bite
>>> you in the arse if you change the data format.
>>>
>>
>> It is a worthwhile personal experiment to try using lists as data
>> structures for a while, and it is true, eventually it will become
>> terrible to maintain. Structure are the right way to go.
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Stephen

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