[e-lang] Couple of newbie questions

Chris Rathman Chris.Rathman at tx.rr.com
Tue Dec 26 20:31:58 CST 2006


Kevin Reid wrote:
> On Dec 25, 2006, at 0:39, Chris Rathman wrote:
>   
>> I haven't looked at E's Lists just yet - (I'm hoping they lean  
>> towards the lists of Scheme, ML, Oz and Erlang - mostly because it  
>> makes the translation easier).
>>     
>
> They do not. E's Lists are vectors (though we've discussed making  
> them ropes, transparently).
>
> I plan to experiment with adding a linked list type obeying E's  
> collection protocols, but I haven't done so yet.
>   

Managed to get through section 2.2.   The translation would be a bit 
cleaner if linked lists were added, but I think the cons, car, cdr, and 
list functions should get the correct behavior.

Thanks for the help!

Chris


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