Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 00:58:25 -0500 From: Jim Bryant <kc5vdj@yahoo.com> To: FreeBSD Fanatic <freebsd@KIWI-Computer.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: ACPI CHANGES AFFECTING MOST -CURRENT USERS Message-ID: <3B971081.9080804@yahoo.com> References: <200109060553.f865rLE65613@KIWI-Computer.com>
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FreeBSD Fanatic wrote:
>>>Show us a suitable LISP interpreter, then.
>>>
>>$ cd ~/lang/Scheme/tinyscm-1.27
>>$ size scheme
>> text data bss dec hex filename
>> 61342 4476 3480 69298 10eb2 scheme
>>
>
> Is that statically-linked? I'm curious to know the size of the bootloader
> forth footprint. The loader is about 150k, so I'm sure you could probably
> fit a nice Scheme interpreter in under that size... ??
>
>
>>Tinyscheme is a mostly complete R5RS Scheme (R5RS is the
>>
>
> You can also conditionally-compile the components to make a smaller
> footprint. I'm highly in favor of Scheme replacing 4th... It's a very
> easy language to learn (only 11 special forms) yet still powerful (you
> can't pass code as data in BASIC ;). If you replace the boot loader
> interpreter, pick Scheme over LISP. There are lots of implementations:
> siod, scm, mit-scheme, MzScheme, and tinyscheme are among the better ones.
>
> --Rick C. Petty, aka Snoopy rick@kiwi-computer.com
I still think that Scheme has far less proficient programmers than LISP.
BTW: In LISP, *EVERYTHING* is data. LISP was executing data as code and writing self-replicating programs around 1951 or 1952.
jim
--
ET has one helluva sense of humor!
He's always anal-probing right-wing schizos!
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