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From: gaynor@athos.rutgers.edu (Silver)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: Object in form's function position.
Message-ID: <Mar.11.17.10.20.1989.18147@athos.rutgers.edu>
Date: 11 Mar 89 22:10:21 GMT
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Penny (pc@mitre.org) writes:
> You might to look at the article by Richard Gabriel and Kent Pitman,
> "Technical Issues of Separation in Function Cells and Value Cells,"
> that appeared in the first issue of LISP and Symbolic Computation.

I find seperate function and value cells for symbols somewhat distasteful,
adding unnecessary complexity to the langauge.  It wavers from the functions as
data philosophy.  I wouldn't mind seeing a little action on this topic; perhaps
some of you might care to impart your opinion and the reasoning that formed it.

Regards, [Ag] gaynor@rutgers.edu