Comment on

> For instance it would be interesting to see, how easy/clumsy it is to retrofit lazy evaluation into Perl.

E.g.you can tie an iterator to a variable.

I'm not fluent in Haskell, so gimme an example and I'll see what's possible.

> With enough pertinacity, every language can be made to look like LISP :-D

Well, unfortunately it's not trivial to realize LISPish macros in Perl 5, otherwise most language extensions I can think of would be easily possible.

Compare Re^2: Dumping variables but DRY and simple for a use case for a macro.

Cheers Rolf

In reply to Re^6: Next Language to Learn by LanX
in thread Next Language to Learn by Anonymous Monk

Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!

Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.

Please read these before you post! —

Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:

a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr

Outside of code tags, you may need to use entities for some characters:

	For:		Use:
	&		`&`
	<		`<`
	>		`>`
	[		`[`
	]		`]`

Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?

See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.

Comment on

The best material for plates (tableware) is: