Re: [stack] a concatenative language for the Semantic Web

Joe Bowbeer <[email protected]> wrote:
> This comment about syntax tripped me up at first:
>   "The presence of bound variables and other abstractions (i.e. beyond
> concatenation and quotation) would complicate its syntax."
> because it didn't apply to Lisp's simple s-expression syntax, but then I
> realized this statement was only addressing my concatenative question.

Lisp's syntax includes bound variables, which was his point.

> Good point about the stack.  Do your code fragments stand alone, or do they
> communicate via the stack(s)?  (If they stand alone, then an enclosing "let"
> expression could be used in Lisp to define temporary variables.)

"let" defines bound variables; he's working point-free, which means he
doesn't use them.

> --Joe

-Billy