This is peripheral to the real focus of this thread, but it's worth noting the parallel between objects and closures. You can implement encapsulation with closures--although it's less useful if without mutability. Scheme was supposedly designed as a language for exploration of object-oriented systems.
user=> (defn two-accessors [n] (list (fn [] n) (fn [] (str n)))) #'user/two-accessors user=> (def x (two-accessors 25.0001)) #'user/x user=> ((first x)) 25.0001 user=> ((second x)) "25.0001" -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.