Talk:Quasi-quotation

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[edit] Two things

One, Lisp makes use of quasiquotation, and its influenced other languages: the computer science link should be covered. Alan Bawden's paper Quasiquotation in Lisp (PS) is a good resource for this.

Two, George Boolos has a nice, short article in his "Logic, Logic and Logic" on a problem with quasiquotation that we would benefit from discussing. Can't remember the title. --- Charles Stewart^(talk) 06:05, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it would definitely be good to discuss quasiquotation in Lisp. I think the Boolos article you have in mind is "Quotational Ambiguity." However, it is not so much about quasi-quotation as about a more obscure difficulty (which he calls "Ernst's paradox" after the student who brought it to his attention) that can be encountered when attempting to use quotation in a strictly correct way. Ernst's paradox might be worth of its own article. I'll put it on my tentative to-do list. Dbtfz (talk - contribs) 20:45, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] accessibility

I reckon this page is pretty unaccessible for someone who isn't familiar with the subject (Edmund1989 18:51, 22 February 2007 (UTC))

I cleared it up a little bit, but I probably need to come back to it. The order of explanation is a little weird. We should be saying how it does work before saying how it doesn't. KSchutte 06:05, 26 February 2007 (UTC)