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*CATCH vs named PROG
- To: BUG-LISP at MIT-MC, BUG-LISPM at MIT-MC
- Subject: *CATCH vs named PROG
- From: Daniel L. Weinreb <DLW at MIT-AI>
- Date: Sun, 13 Apr 80 02:08:00 GMT
- Original-date: 12 April 1980 21:08-EST
For the record, I did not forget about *CATCH; I was just being
sarcastic, for which I apologize. Yes, RWK is right, it is dynamic and
not lexical. So let us actually introduce a new form that IS lexical,
and use IT everywhere. The compilers would be quite capable of
producing the same code for a DO surrounded by a lexical CATCH as they
do now for DO-NAMED. I'm not kidding; I think this is the right
solution to the problem.