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Qi: An interesting Lisp with pattern matching

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Post by theanarcrist » Sat, Feb 02, 2008, 12:57 AM UTC

Re: Qi: An interesting Lisp with pattern matching

Post by lst » Sat, Feb 02, 2008, 10:40 AM UTC

Here a very superficial comparison of 'Qi' and 'Arc':

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Off-by-one!

Post by cooldude127 » Sun, Feb 03, 2008, 1:46 AM UTC

Qi is just a little too out there for me. All variables uppercase? Autoquoting symbols? The bizarre list syntax?

I do like the built-in partial application as well as pattern-matching. But basically it feels like Prolog with a more Lispy syntax.