From: Jean-Claude Arbaut <jcarbaut@...>
Date: 2006-09-03T08:05:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Can I see method source code?

Rick DeNatale wrote:
> On 9/1/06, Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
>> <disclaimer>No LISP guru here</disclaimer>
>>
>> I probably confused lambdas with normal functions:
>>
>> [1]> (setq f1 (lambda (x) (+ x x)))
>> #<FUNCTION :LAMBDA (X) (+ X X)>
>> [2]> (funcall f1 10)
>> 20
>> [3]> f1
>> #<FUNCTION :LAMBDA (X) (+ X X)>
>>
>> So, for a lambda you can - but apparently for functions you can't.  Or
>> can you?
> 
> I think that it just looks like the source here.  The print-name of a
> lambda can look pretty much like source code because the internal
> representation looks a lot like the source code. But it's not really
> the source code.
> 
And what about Forth ? ;-) At least the HP48 version can show
source, and it's easy to implement in a "personal" version.