Re: A Lisp programmer walks into a room
hga@xxxxxx 15 Sep 2020 21:54 UTC
> From: Lassi Kortela <xxxxxx@lassi.io>
> Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 4:40 PM
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>> :) That's one more than in R7RS, which has just file-error? and
>> read-error?
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> We should make a little Scheme implementation some time for laughs that
> only has one-word error messages. That also calls to mind Steele's
> Growing a Language lecture. Perhaps the Scheme could have compound
> conditions where each simple condition is one English word.
A well thought out version of this could be good for embedded work,
for systems that can afford a bit more than a number or two, but not
full, long error messages.
- Harold