Re: Re: Prolog implementations in Lisp

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From: Jeff Dalton
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1988 22:14

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In article <1600009@otter.hple.hp.com> kers@otter.hple.hp.com
(Christopher Dollin) writes:
>Pop11 is like Lisp[*3] in that it has dynamic typing, dynamic store allocation
>with garbage collection, first class (really, *1st*, not 1.5st) procedures,

I hesitate to say this in a Prolog group, but I think we should avoid
random pokes at Lisp, especially when they are at least somewhat
misleading.  Pop11 did not have 1st class functions (as opposed to 
"frozen formals") until it added lexical scoping.

Cheers,
Jeff

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From: jeff@aiva.ed.ac.uk (Jeff Dalton)
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Subject: Re: Re: Prolog implementations in Lisp
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Date: 28 Mar 88 22:14:51 GMT
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