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Re: GNU Guile branch, stable-2.0, updated. v2.0.2-101-gd851e32


From: Ludovic Courtès
Subject: Re: GNU Guile branch, stable-2.0, updated. v2.0.2-101-gd851e32
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:25:18 +0200
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Hi,

>> (Though I think that the term ‘constant’, as used by GCC, is confusing.
>> I don’t have a better name to propose, though.)
>
> How about 'algebraic'? As in functions in basic algebra. (I know it
> has a different meaning, though.)

Hmm, I’m not convinced.

> Or alternatively, something referencing the lambda calculus, since all
> lambda calculus functions have this property.

Problem is that the eq?/equal? distinction doesn’t exist in the
beautiful world of λ calculus.  :-)

Thanks,
Ludo’.



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