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[David Rush]

2009/8/24 Thomas Lord <lord at emf.net>:
> Back in the day, when it was uphill to school in both
> directions, people would sometimes write "modules"
> like:
>
<snip>
>
> If you syntactically abstract that a bit
> you get a perfectly nice standard for a module
> system for small scheme.

Been there. Done that. It works great. You can make it even more fun
by using lots of HOFs. And then you get to non-hygienic macros and it
falls apart :(

> (John C.: This half-answers (but enough?) your
> request to flesh out my claim that a module system
> can be just syntax.)

I totally agree.

david rush
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