merits of Lisp vs Python
Bruno Desthuilliers
bdesth.quelquechose at free.quelquepart.fr
Mon Dec 18 15:45:14 EST 2006
Paul Rubin a écrit :
> Bruno Desthuilliers <bdesth.quelquechose at free.quelquepart.fr> writes:
>
>>Strictly speaking, only first-class functions are required, and
>>tail-recursion optimisation is only an implentation detail. Now it's
>>obvious that when it comes to real-life-size programs, this is a
>>*very* important detail !-)
>
>
> I don't buy this.
Fine - I'm not trying to sell it !-)
> One of my favorite quotes about specifications
> (http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/drdobbs-interview.html):
>
(snip).
From a purely logical POV, the fact that a stack implementation has
constant-time access or not is totally irrelevant (real-time problems
set aside). This doesn't mean it's not important in practice.
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