[pro] Lisp 2's and function values.

[Matthew D. Swank]

On 06/04/2011 05:06 AM, Kazimir Majorinc wrote:
> On 25.5.2011. 4:51, Matthew D. Swank wrote:
>
>> I have implemented a small fexpr interpreter in Common Lisp based on
>> Kernel http://web.cs.wpi.edu/~jshutt/kernel.html. Right now it's a Lisp
>> 1, but I am considering trying to make it a more idiomatic extension of
>> Common Lisp by making it a Lisp 2.
>
> Did you published anything online?
>
Not yet. I'm still making my way though the two relevant papers to see
what can be adapted.  My interpreter sticks pretty close to the
exposition of vau-expressions in the first half of Dr Shutt's dissertation.
> How would you estimate time / space requirements compared to original
> dynamically scoped FEXPRs?
>
I can't speak intelligently about that, except to note the overhead that
statically scoped lisps have generally.

Matt