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In article <439nh8$p7o@news0.rain.rg.net> plong@perf.com "Paul Long" writes:

> Although there are C-like languages that support nested functions, e.g., Gnu C,
> I've recently learned that the execution model must change to support them. Not
> a pretty sight.

Before I wrote C, I wrote Coral 66 which does have nested functions.
They have Algol 60 as a common ancestor.The capability is useful because
of its information hiding capabilities.  I might want to implement a
function as calls of 10 private functions.  Nested functions give that
capability.  The generated code of define 10 functions + define calling
function was pretty similar to define calling function containing
definitions of 10 functions.
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walter briscoe