[pro] The Best Examples of "Code is Data"

Matthew D. Swank akopa at charter.net
Sun Dec 5 18:33:52 UTC 2010


On 09/06/2010 12:41 PM, *Paul Tarvydas* wrote:
> 1. Doug Hoyte's book Let Over Lambda, chapter 6.3 Alet and Finite State 
> Machines, raised my macrology to a new level.  I used his ideas to 
> implement a full-blown hierarchical state machine macro(s) (roughly 200 
> lines of CL, too large to post here).  The hierarchical state machine 
> paradigm is great for programming reactive things, e.g. gui's, hardware 
> controllers, etc.
>
I've read his treatment of state machines, and they seemed like simplified 
co-routines. Or are you just referring to his macro techniques in aid of
your own ideas about state machines? 

Matt





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