Re:Why I use R
by arh68 on Monday January 06, 2020 @04:03PM
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> R is a Lisp 2. Variables and functions may share the same name. This leads to confusing errors.
Isn't that a Lisp-1, then? Maybe I've got them backwards. CL is a Lisp-2, and it's not unusable, so either #'readmacros are good enough or there's something else going on to balance out the ambiguity.
EDIT: I see what you're saying now, it's a Lisp-2. They can share the same name at the same time, not just 1 name referring to one value or the other.
Isn't that a Lisp-1, then? Maybe I've got them backwards. CL is a Lisp-2, and it's not unusable, so either #'readmacros are good enough or there's something else going on to balance out the ambiguity.
EDIT: I see what you're saying now, it's a Lisp-2. They can share the same name at the same time, not just 1 name referring to one value or the other.