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Quote: a build is a series of tool invocations in a controlled naming environment; each invocation has a slightly different environment or binding; defines dot as the implicit, current environment
Topic:
system builds
Topic:
binding of names to objects
Topic:
evaluation in an environment
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The Vesta notion of environment is central. A … in a controlled naming environment. That environment changes … environments must be convenient to express and efficient … between functions, @ a binding data type used … @ a language primitive ['_run_tool'] for executing a … the files that they produce are needed. … Every Vesta function takes an implicit final parameter … Google-1 Google-2
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Quote: Vesta uses closures to delay tool invocations until the resulting files are needed
Topic: system builds (43 items)
Topic: binding of names to objects (19 items)
Topic: evaluation in an environment (35 items)