From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2007-10-22T23:23:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Why don't we have "C" machines? (was Re: [OT] Re: Should *most* memory be release back to the system?)

Martin DeMello wrote:
> Also, Scheme is mostly functional, but Common Lisp is multiparadigm.

Both are really Lisp 1.5 with some simple core semantics changes and 
different libraries. :) But seriously, both are "mostly functional" but 
contain imperative features. The core semantic difference between Scheme 
and Common Lisp is how the language treats "foo" in the following:

(foo arg1 arg2 arg3)