Re: [Scheme-reports] Automatic delay-force

[Alex Shinn <alexshinn@x>]

Hi Devon,

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Devon Schudy <dschudy@x> wrote:
> Here's a possible simplification to R7RS: delay-force can be made
> implicit in delay without losing any expressiveness.
>
> Delay-force exists to optimize a specific pattern: (delay (force
> ...)). Since delay is a macro, it can recognize this pattern, and
> apply the optimization automatically.
[...]

Yes, this is indeed a trivial working solution that I had
proposed but it was voted down because it was considered
a hack.

-- 
Alex

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