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2 points by wfarr 6098 days ago | link | parent

1) Not feasible currently. 'foo.bar expands to (foo bar), so you're example would expand to (x y z), or ((1 2 3) (4 5 6) (7 8 9)) where (1 2 3) is being applied as a function.

While it could be implemented, I think it would only serve to further confuse existing syntax.

2) This require some serious hackery on integers to get that to work.



3 points by cchooper 6098 days ago | link

1) Good point. I should have written

  (x!y!z)
  => (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9)
Edit: not I shouldn't! The first way was right.

2) I don't think so. I can't see this is much different to having lists or hashes in functional place.

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3 points by eds 6098 days ago | link

Actually, (2) is quite trivial (in Anarki):

  (defcall int (n f)
    (eval (cons 'compose (n-of n f))))
But of course this means you can't use the current version of infix math at the same time.

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