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- From: kers@hplb.hpl.hp.com (Chris Dollin)
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 14:11:15 GMT
- Subject: Re: Programmers
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- In-Reply-To: crawford@church.mitre.org's message of Thu, 10 Sep 1992 04:38:15 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep10.043815.4175@linus.mitre.org> (and three apparently
- identical copies!), crawford@church.mitre.org (Randy Crawford) writes:
-
- Does Rice really place a higher priority on continuations and lightweight
- threads over _any_ of the subjects I mentioned. If so, then Rice grads will
- experience a rude awakening after graduation when they enter industry.
-
- >A person that understands the above concepts can design or implement
- >any programming language. Furthermore, they can code an algorithm in
- >any existing programming language efficiently. Finally, learning any
- >new language amounts essentially to learning a new syntax.
-
- Nah. Prolog is fundamentally different than scheme (the preferred Rice PL,
- I've heard).
-
- Odd you should say that; there's a rather pleasant mapping between Prolog
- clauses and the use of continuations that should make Scheme programmers who
- have been exposed to continuations find several aspects of Prolog very simple;
- the unification and backtracking (possibly Prologs most distinctive features)
- being the most obvious.
-
- Orwells pigs.
-
- --
-
- Regards, | ``"I can't suit myself," said Weinbaum, a little petulantly.
- Kers. | "I work for the Government".'' - Blish, "The Quincunx of Time".
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