Re: [stack] function/object ambiguity + quotation alternative

John Nowak wrote:
> William Tanksley wrote:
> > John Nowak wrote:
> >> More the other way around. I think it's important to treat the object
> >> [dup] and the object dup differently.
> > Why? In what way are they different?

> I'll be using Joy for all of these examples.

> The whole problem is that, in my opinion, "open" quotations suck. For  
> example, this rule always holds true in Cat:

So you want to treat them differently because treating them differently
sucks? :-)

Yes, I agree that open quotations are a problem. If you don't have them,
[dup] and `dup are equivalent by any test.

> That's not really the main reason open quotations suck; the real  
> problems are:
> 1. You can no longer factor code indiscriminately.
> 2. You have these ugly naked function objects to deal with!

Quotations, whether open or closed, ARE "naked function objects".

> - John

-Wm