Re: My thoughts on C# and gaming.

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Jon Wätte wrote:
> (defun foo (...))
> (car foo)
>
> Or some crazy thing like that at runtime. (Maybe you can?)
>
> Yes, you can! That's the whole point of the argument!

You can, but only because a lisp symbol has both a function
binding as well as a value binding. 'defun' sets the function
binding of 'foo' to the function defined. In the 'car'
call, we're looking up the value binding of 'foo', not
the function binding.

So, no, it's not really the same.

Christer Ericson, Director of Tools and Technology
Sony Computer Entertainment, Santa Monica

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