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From: Darren New
Date: 16 Mar 2009 19:12:58
Message: <49bedcfa$1@news.povray.org>
nemesis wrote:
> More than that, Common Lisp has CLOS:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Lisp_Object_System

Yes. I was trying to describe that it doesn't have to be built in, tho. :-) 
I like CLOS.

(I don't know if CLOS counts as "built in" or not.)

>> I don't remember scheme enough to know how clean it is, and I'll agree 
>> with you on the C part. :-)  And that's not to say there aren't things 
>> that would be very difficult to do in LISP without native support 
>> built into the language (like some forms of control flow, for example).
> 
> Are you kidding?  One of the main strenghts of Lisp is its macro system.

Didn't I say that? :-)

> http://okmij.org/ftp/Scheme/index.html#pure-oo

Cool. Thanks for that.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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