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2 points by akkartik 4470 days ago | link | parent

It took me a while to realize that I shouldn't think of vau as a macro-like thing. Macros and functions are different kinds of evaluation policies; vau just lets you construct arbitrary evaluation policies. It's like discovering the quarks that all fundamental particles are made up of; quarks don't preferentially constitute an electron more than a neutron.

The challenge now is to build a runtime where vau can have performance comparable to existing lisp systems.



1 point by Pauan 4470 days ago | link

"It took me a while to realize that I shouldn't think of vau as a macro-like thing."

Welcome to the club. Glad you could join us.

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"The challenge now is to build a runtime where vau can have performance comparable to existing lisp systems."

Yeah. I think a Lisp without implicit late binding (like Nulan) should have a much easier time at it, though.

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