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Article #2710Re: On whether C has first-class composable functions
From: Dan Bernstein
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 1991 06:52
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 1991 06:52
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In article <21245@yunexus.YorkU.CA> oz@yunexus.yorku.ca (Ozan Yigit) writes: > Yes, you were able to write an interpreter that contained said > functionality, minus the scoping details. > Amazing. 'Twas hardly amazing. What amazes me is that there are *still* people posting to this newsgroup asking questions like ``Ya know, I haven't seen any portable first-class composable function implementations that don't have arbitrary limits. Is this because they are impossible, or is there some sneaky way?'' Then again, I was also surprised that there are people who don't know how to sort machine integers in linear time... ---Da
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!spool2.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!cmcl2!kramden.acf.nyu.edu!brnstnd From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: On whether C has first-class composable functions Message-ID: <9606:Jan2806:52:1991@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Date: 28 Jan 91 06:52:19 GMT References: <3576:Jan2622:55:2991@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <1991Jan27.035619.24981@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <21245@yunexus.YorkU.CA> Organization: IR Lines: 13