From: "David McClain" <dmcclain1@mindspring.com>
To: "caml" <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: Re: Ant: [Caml-list] Efficiency of let/and
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:36:16 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <001d01c5c2c0$dd2647b0$0401000a@dylan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <43382A74.309@cs.pdx.edu>
I have understood that the "and" syntax was needed to support the creation
of mutually recursive bindings. While it can also be used as a form of
"parallel let" within a function definition, it is vitally important for the
mutual recursion case.
- David McClain, Tucson, AZ, USA
prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-09-26 17:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-09-25 13:31 Brian Hurt
2005-09-25 14:47 ` [Caml-list] " Jon Harrop
2005-09-26 4:32 ` Ant: " Martin Chabr
2005-09-26 5:24 ` Fernando Alegre
2005-09-26 5:56 ` William Lovas
2005-09-26 7:17 ` Bill Wood
2005-09-26 20:59 ` Ant: " Martin Chabr
2005-09-26 13:22 ` Brian Hurt
2005-09-26 16:05 ` Ant: " Stefan Monnier
2005-09-26 16:30 ` [Caml-list] " Brian Hurt
2005-09-27 5:52 ` skaller
2005-09-27 13:06 ` Brian Hurt
2005-09-27 13:24 ` Alan Falloon
2005-09-27 15:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-09-27 16:11 ` Brian Hurt
2005-09-27 5:32 ` skaller
2005-09-27 15:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-09-26 17:04 ` Ant: [Caml-list] " Mackenzie Straight
2005-09-26 17:05 ` Marius Nita
2005-09-26 17:36 ` David McClain [this message]
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