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5 points by tjr 6140 days ago | link | parent

Nothing against Arc, but don't forget that Scheme also lets you write:

(define (square x) (* x x))



1 point by goodbyejim 6139 days ago | link

Interesting. I wonder why Dybvig used the wordier way to do it.

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2 points by tjr 6139 days ago | link

Not sure. Could be because the wordier approach more clearly states what is going on, and makes it easier to understand anonymous lambda expressions later on?

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