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Re:Three unique features of Lisp in 2010 by stcredzero on Friday January 28, 2011 @10:23AM (#2152114)
What he describes in the condition system is also available in many implementations of Exceptions. Everything he describes has been available in Smalltalk for longer than a decade.
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Re:Three unique features of Lisp in 2010 by loewenskind on Friday January 28, 2011 @11:32AM (#2152411)
Dynamic variables can be done in Smalltalk via restartable exceptions but they aren't part of the language. Also, restartable exceptions are not nearly as nice as the condition system. That being said, Smalltalk is a beautiful language.
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