From: John <nojgoalbyspam@...>
Date: 2002-07-27T13:32:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Call-by-need and/or Delayed Evaluation

"Reginald Braithwaite-Lee" <raganwald@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:243c635a.0207261955.54ae0bf@posting.google.com...
> Hello:
>
> Has there been any work on using Ruby's closures to implement
> call-by-need semantics, such as the freeze and thaw or delay and force
> macros in Lisp?
>
> I'm especially interested in implementations of the Streams mentioned
> in Abelson amd Sussman's "Structure and Interpretation of Computer
> Programs"
>
> Thanks!
>
> In shallow waters, shrimps make fools of dragons. - Chinese Proverb

Would it be possible to give pointers to information on the web for this
Streams idea, or perhaps give us an overview?  I am intrigued as to what
they are.

Thanks

John.