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Re: LOGO-L> lists and arithmetic




Brian Harvey (bh@CS.Berkeley.EDU)
Mon, 13 Jan 1997 13:30:08 -0800 (PST)

> first determine the 'deepest' list

You're thinking sequentially instead of functionally.

The value of [4 * 3 * [7 - [6/2]] is:
the value of 4
times
the value of 3
times
the value of [7 - [6/2]].

Each of those "the value of" should be a call to a function in your
program.
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