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Article #2700Re: On whether C has first-class composable functions
From: Douglas E. Quale
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 1991 13:29
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 1991 13:29
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In article <305@smds.UUCP> sw@smds.UUCP (Stephen E. Witham) writes: > >Now to your challenge. I think you COULD whip up something, >using variable-argument functions, structures with type information in them, >a garbage collector, etc., that would meet the letter of your challenge. >It would be kind of painful, which I think is sort of your point. > We'll forget polymorphism. With C it's hopeless. (Hence C++). > >two incompatible data types, then you write two different functions. Also, >complex entities that are created at run time go into dynamically-allocated >structures that have to be freed if you want the space back. This is terrible? > Show me an implementation that doesn't have a fixed limit on the number of functions that can be composed. The only portable C implementation demonstrated so far has an arbitrary limit compiled in. How do I dynamically allocate function objects in C?? -- Doug Quale quale@picard.cs.wisc.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwvax!picard.cs.wisc.edu!quale From: quale@picard.cs.wisc.edu (Douglas E. Quale) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: On whether C has first-class composable functions Message-ID: <1991Jan26.132913.11358@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Date: 26 Jan 91 13:29:13 GMT References: <4408:Jan421:44:3391@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <BBC.91Jan21120817@sicilia.rice.edu> <305@smds.UUCP> Sender: quale@picard.cs.wisc.edu Reply-To: quale@picard.cs.wisc.edu Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 23