Python syntax in Lisp and Scheme

Mon Oct 13 17:27:01 EDT 2003

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 13:51:22 -0700, Kaz Kylheku wrote:

> Secondly, it would be unoptimizeable. The result of evaluating a
> lambda expression is an opaque function object. It can only be called.

This is not true. When the compiler sees the application of a lambda,
it can inline it and perform further optimizations, fusing together
its arguments, its body and its context.

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