Re: Intended meaning

From: <kahl_at_cas.mcmaster.ca>
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:20:19 +0000

Sergio Antoy wrote:
>
> To refine Wolfgang's statement, consider:
>
> (0 ? 1, f x) where x free
>
> Here, x is not bound a head normal form, however, sharing it
> among the two branches of (?) is a good idea.

Since the pair constructor (,) accepts its argument via call-by-name,
and the logical variable x occurs only in one of its components,
this is in my opinion equivalent to

   (0 ? 1, (f x where x free))

with x completely independent and unaware
of the choice in the first pair component.



Wolfram
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