how to write in a block(?) a very long "block", of statements
Subject: how to write in a block(?) a very long "block", of statements
From: Michel Van den Bergh
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 23:49:29 +0200
Robert Dodier wrote:
> On 5/30/07, Michel Van den Bergh <michel.vandenbergh at uhasselt.be> wrote:
>
>> Sometimes I wonder if ev should not be simply recursive (even in the
>> read-eval-print loop).
>> I.e. keep on evaluating until no further evaluation is possible.
>
>
> I'm opposed to this. Such a policy would make it even more
> difficult to predict what the result of an evaluation would be.
>
> FWIW
> Robert
That's not so clear. Part of the unpredictability of ev stems from the
fact that you never know what is going to be evaluated...
Michel