Re: Debian too difficult, Red Hat?
On Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 06:59:28PM -0600, Oleg Krivosheev wrote:
>
> Neither "Scheme" nor "Lisp" is in any way standardized.
>
> Common Lisp was standartized by ANSI in 80es. I believe
> standard was revisited in 1994 and Lisp ot some OO features.
> Anyway, document number is ANSI X3.226-1994. Feel free to order
> and read
Well, this is true. However, a standard is only a standard if people hold to
it. I don't see this with Lisp. I see Common Lisp as Yet Another Lisp, and
only because people choose to define it in a document and put ANSI in front
doesn't mean much. I admit my wording was misleading, as I didn't want to
say that there were no efforts to standardize LISP, or no formalized
versions of LISP. However, they are just this. You could say, Common LISP is
standardized.
> Scheme is also standartized in several reports. They are quite
> extensive and allows to create independent compilers/interpreters.
>
> Scheme is a derivative of Lisp, and Lisp itself is splittered in dozens of dialects,
> nearly every AI institute developing it's own version.
>
> that's true
>
> There is no such thing as "THE Lisp".
>
> yes, there is and that's why it is called Common Lisp
> ------
Well, right. Common Lisp is standardized. Lisp isn't.
Thanks,
Marcus
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