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Post #172,973
by ben_tilly
9/7/04 3:16:37 PM
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New Lisp is not procedural??
Lisp can be used in as procedural a way as you want. Just use setq for assignment.

You don't have to use it that way. Many people don't. But you can.

:-P

Ben
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Post #172,977
by a6l6e6x
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9/7/04 3:56:42 PM
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New Parenthetically speaking that is. :)
Alex
"If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." -- Philip K. Dick, US science fiction writer
     VB - NO CONTINUE STATEMENT!! ARRGG!!! - (broomberg) - (38) - Sept. 6, 2004, 02:40:04 PM EDT
         Basic was invented that way - (ChrisR) - (16) - Sept. 6, 2004, 02:52:15 PM EDT
             Has had "continue" for many years - (broomberg) - (15) - Sept. 6, 2004, 03:07:04 PM EDT
                 In VB 6 you have - (lincoln) - (1) - Sept. 6, 2004, 08:17:01 PM EDT
                     Exit loop is there - (broomberg) - Sept. 7, 2004, 12:12:00 AM EDT
                 Or you COULD... - (jb4) - (12) - Sept. 7, 2004, 11:47:59 AM EDT
                     In other words, give a "break"! :) -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Sept. 7, 2004, 12:33:16 PM EDT
                     No way! - (broomberg) - (10) - Sept. 7, 2004, 01:37:24 PM EDT
                         Yet Another Way To Do It - (ben_tilly) - Sept. 7, 2004, 03:18:43 PM EDT
                         Warning! Possible religious war pending - (jb4) - (8) - Sept. 8, 2004, 01:34:54 PM EDT
                             Nah, this is more important - (broomberg) - (7) - Sept. 8, 2004, 02:53:39 PM EDT
                                 Some older languages had those constructs - (jb4) - (6) - Sept. 13, 2004, 06:09:03 PM EDT
                                     That doesn't need to be addressed - (ben_tilly) - (5) - Sept. 13, 2004, 06:43:27 PM EDT
                                         If I didn't know better ... - (drewk) - (3) - Sept. 13, 2004, 10:40:51 PM EDT
                                             Good thing that you know better then :-) - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Sept. 14, 2004, 12:21:30 AM EDT
                                                 You forgot: - (jb4) - (1) - Sept. 14, 2004, 04:34:57 PM EDT
                                                     Rules of thumb are rules of thumb - (ben_tilly) - Sept. 14, 2004, 05:32:55 PM EDT
                                         That'd be the Cyclomatic Complexity - (jb4) - Sept. 14, 2004, 04:28:48 PM EDT
         Answer: - (FuManChu) - (17) - Sept. 6, 2004, 03:23:49 PM EDT
             VB is not a Programming Language, it's a Product. -NT - (ChrisR) - (16) - Sept. 6, 2004, 03:25:21 PM EDT
                 So if I WAS to fight, again, what are my alternatives? - (broomberg) - (15) - Sept. 6, 2004, 04:14:48 PM EDT
                     Rython ror Rerl ror Reecee-ell ror a rombo of rall rhree ; - (folkert) - (7) - Sept. 6, 2004, 04:36:14 PM EDT
                         TCL - Never!!!! - (broomberg) - (6) - Sept. 6, 2004, 04:45:03 PM EDT
                             Careful what you ask for... - (folkert) - (2) - Sept. 6, 2004, 07:51:30 PM EDT
                                 I see you ignored the previous. Barry - (folkert) - (1) - Sept. 7, 2004, 02:40:14 PM EDT
                                     Who says? - (broomberg) - Sept. 7, 2004, 03:34:48 PM EDT
                             Come on, TCL and BASIC are as far apart - (Arkadiy) - (2) - Sept. 7, 2004, 02:54:32 PM EDT
                                 Lisp is not procedural?? - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Sept. 7, 2004, 03:16:37 PM EDT
                                     Parenthetically speaking that is. :) -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Sept. 7, 2004, 03:56:42 PM EDT
                     C# is a better match - (ChrisR) - Sept. 6, 2004, 05:13:52 PM EDT
                     ObCRC: Delphi - (Another Scott) - (2) - Sept. 6, 2004, 06:15:02 PM EDT
                         I just pitched C# - (broomberg) - (1) - Sept. 6, 2004, 06:43:11 PM EDT
                             You just described all of MS' programming languages. - (static) - Sept. 6, 2004, 08:27:32 PM EDT
                     Python wins on several of those axes - (FuManChu) - Sept. 6, 2004, 09:15:54 PM EDT
                     Sounds exactly like... - (jb4) - (1) - Sept. 7, 2004, 11:51:07 AM EDT
                         Oh, what's the use?! "Nobody is as blind...", and so on. :-( -NT - (CRConrad) - Sept. 8, 2004, 07:18:30 AM EDT
         Side effect - (JayMehaffey) - Sept. 6, 2004, 04:31:44 PM EDT
         FWIW, VB.Net 2005 will have it -NT - (altmann) - (1) - Sept. 6, 2004, 08:26:30 PM EDT
             ObLRPD: It'll be in the next release.... -NT - (jb4) - Sept. 7, 2004, 11:53:28 AM EDT

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