Re: call-by-name

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From: Richard A. O'Keefe
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 1988 02:00

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In article <64961@ti-csl.CSNET> gateley@tilde.UUCP (John Gateley) writes:
>Call-by-name in the algol-68 language is difficult to use and
>understand.

In fact call-by-name in Algol 68 is _impossible_ to use;
Algol 68 hasn't got it!
Algol 68 lets you pass anonymous procedures as parameters instead.

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Subject: Re: call-by-name
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Date: 6 Dec 88 02:00:11 GMT
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