Maybe SICP's simulator of digital circuits will provide some inspiration. I know when I read this I was deeply awed by what HOFs can do. Maybe Clojure's zippers would be good too?
On Wednesday, August 8, 2012 12:48:23 PM UTC-4, Brian Marick wrote: > > I'm looking for medium-scale examples of using function-generating > functions. I'm doing it because examples like this: > > (def make-incrementer > (fn [increment] > (fn [x] (+ increment x)))) > > ... or this: > > (def incish (partial map + [100 200 300])) > > ... show the mechanics, but I'm looking for examples that would resonate > more with an object-oriented programmer. Such examples might be ones that > close over a number of values (which looks more like an object), or > generate multiple functions that all close over a shared value (which looks > more like an object), or use closures to avoid the need to have some > particular argument passed from function to function (which looks like the > `this` in an instance method). > > Note: please put the flamethrower down. I'm not saying that "looking like > objects" is the point of higher-order functions. > > I'll give full credit. > > ----- > Brian Marick, Artisanal Labrador > Contract programming in Ruby and Clojure > Occasional consulting on Agile > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
