From: Nils Goesche
Subject: INTERLISP question
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 19:22:35 +0000
Message-ID: <lkelcpjs78.fsf@pc022.bln.elmeg.de>

Hi!

I am about to read an old paper: ``On compiling embedded languages in
LISP'' by Emanuelson and Haraldsson.  Skimming it, the code looks
quite readable except for some strange brackets ([ and ]) here and
there.  Looks like those are only a hack to avoid counting closing
parentheses, is that right?

Regards,
-- 
Nils Goesche
"Don't ask for whom the <CTRL-G> tolls."

PGP key ID 0x0655CFA0

• Re: INTERLISP question Simon Katz
• Re: INTERLISP question Karsten Poeck

From: Simon Katz
Subject: Re: INTERLISP question
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 20:12:55 +0000
Message-ID: <ak651c$1g4dqh$1@ID-131024.news.dfncis.de>

"Nils Goesche" <······@cartan.de> wrote in message
···················@pc022.bln.elmeg.de...
> Hi!
>
> I am about to read an old paper: ``On compiling embedded
> languages in
> LISP'' by Emanuelson and Haraldsson.  Skimming it, the code
> looks
> quite readable except for some strange brackets ([ and ]) here
> and
> there.  Looks like those are only a hack to avoid counting
> closing
> parentheses, is that right?

Yes.

IIRC, ] matches the previous [ and closes any intervening
('s. If there are no previous ['s, then ] closes all ('s.

From: Karsten Poeck
Subject: Re: INTERLISP question
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 19:52:59 +0000
Message-ID: <ak63f4$586$1@news.wanadoo.es>

As far as I remember ] close all open parens

Karsten
"Nils Goesche" <······@cartan.de> wrote in message
···················@pc022.bln.elmeg.de...
> Hi!
>
> I am about to read an old paper: ``On compiling embedded languages in
> LISP'' by Emanuelson and Haraldsson.  Skimming it, the code looks
> quite readable except for some strange brackets ([ and ]) here and
> there.  Looks like those are only a hack to avoid counting closing
> parentheses, is that right?
>
> Regards,
> --
> Nils Goesche
> "Don't ask for whom the <CTRL-G> tolls."
>
> PGP key ID 0x0655CFA0