Re: Greetings

[Matthias Felleisen <matthias@ccs.neu.edu>]

One more thing Chris: 

You may wish to give "How to Design Programs" (MIT P, www.htdp.org) a
try. It is an expansion of The Little Schemer, and should help you get
a better understanding of the design recipes behind TLS. 

-- Matthias

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  > From: Chris Uzdavinis <chris@atdesk.com>
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  > Date: 08 Oct 2001 12:37:33 -0400
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  > Matthias Felleisen <matthias@ccs.neu.edu> writes:
  > 
  > > I understand that you used it as a length rather than an index. See
  > > my slogan. Can you give an example where the list is too short?
  > 
  > I think that you've convinced me it was a bad idea.  :) Now it's clear
  > to me that it was overly complex without any corresponding benefit.
  > 
  > I was imagining a case where there were many pieces left in the
  > available list but the collector had already advanced past the point
  > of where any further solutions were possible (the end of the search).
  > However, I think now that it would immediately (or very nearly
  > immediately) discover that there is nothing left, and would hit the
  > empty available list after just a few more recursions, which would
  > stop the program.
  > 
  > -- 
  > Chris
  >