Re: Me no understand scoping

[Neil Jerram]

2008/7/30 Maciek Godek <address@hidden>:
>
> By the way I have a question (regarding not using eval).
> I want to pass the contents of a list to a function that accepts the
> so-called "rest" args.
> (let ((l '(1 2 3 4 5)))
>   (let ((operation (append '(+) l)))
>      (primitive-eval operation)
>  )
> )
>
> How to achieve this effect without using eval?
> (I've tried (+ . l) but it didn't work out)

(apply + l)

>> The view of the scheme community as a whole is that first class lexical
>> environments are irreconcilable with the need to compile (optimize) code.
>
> Certainly there's a faction that thinks differently :]

If and when we have an optimized compiler, I imagine there would be
some way of allowing the environment to be optimized away when not
explicitly wanted, but kept available when it is wanted.

> Yeah, I always write additional layers so the code corresponds to the
> way I think. (Everybody does, don't they?)

Yes!

Regards,
      Neil