Re: A poor mans memoizer.

From	Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.forth
Subject	Re: A poor mans memoizer.
Date	2014-12-04 12:42 -0800
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albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) writes:
> In my book library code needs to be understood by implementors.
> Only the usage of library code needs to be understood by programmers,

That isn't nice.  In a utopia, libraries would be well enough documented
for application programmers to figure out everything they need to
reading the manual.  In the real world, app programmers often have to
read library source code in order to understand how to use the
libraries.  In fact a chunk of the productivity gain of using FOSS
instead of closed-source software comes from precisely that ability.  So
it's preferable for language implementers to think of the libraries as a
showcase for how to use the language.

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A poor mans memoizer. albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-12-02 12:37 +0000
  Re: A poor mans memoizer. the_gavino_himself <visphatesjava@gmail.com> - 2014-12-02 05:37 -0800
  Re: A poor mans memoizer. "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-12-02 08:52 -1000
    Re: A poor mans memoizer. albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-12-03 13:17 +0000
      Re: A poor mans memoizer. "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-12-03 09:07 -1000
        Re: A poor mans memoizer. albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-12-04 09:08 +0000
          Re: A poor mans memoizer. Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2014-12-04 12:42 -0800
            Re: A poor mans memoizer. stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2014-12-05 12:18 +0000
        Re: A poor mans memoizer. Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2014-12-04 03:47 -0800
          Re: A poor mans memoizer. "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-12-04 08:43 -1000
      Re: A poor mans memoizer. mhx@iae.nl - 2014-12-03 14:47 -0800
        Re: A poor mans memoizer. albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-12-04 09:31 +0000
          Re: A poor mans memoizer. "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-12-04 08:58 -1000
            Re: A poor mans memoizer. albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-12-05 12:11 +0000
              van der Horsts Stallman convention (was: A poor mans memoizer.) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-12-05 12:23 +0000
                Re: van der Horsts Stallman convention "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-12-05 09:01 -1000
                Re: van der Horsts Stallman convention (was: A poor mans memoizer.) albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-12-06 10:06 +0000
      Re: A poor mans memoizer. Paul E Bennett <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2014-12-04 10:19 +0000
        Should Forth Be Recommended Here? Celeros <kern000@gmail.com> - 2014-12-05 11:42 +0200
          Re: Should Forth Be Recommended Here? Paul E Bennett <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2014-12-05 14:54 +0000
    Re: A poor mans memoizer. Rob Sciuk <rob@controlq.com> - 2014-12-05 14:08 -0500

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