robert burrell donkin wrote: > On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 15:09 +0000, Tim Roberts wrote: > > +1 I support creating a functors library (but not necessarily called > > collections-functors). > > > > Rational: > > I think functors are a powerful approach to software design, under > > represented (in java) and non-standardised. I would like to see functors > > (sandbox) integrated and have a common interface set (and would like to help > > with such an undertaking). In addition to reducing the size of collections > > developers would, IMO, like to be able to use functors separately from > > collections. > > i'm beginning to suspect that there are number of secret functor users > out there... > > a lack of community prevented the functor component progressing from the > sandbox. perhaps times have changed and there may be now enough > momentum. would need a committer with enough time as well as enough > interested developers... > > opinions?
I think maybe you stated that backward -- the fact that the functor component was in the common sandbox may have prevented [functor] from gathering a community. How can a sandbox component gather users without a release? There is a lot of functor-related activity out there: Functor Objects (Wiki) > http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?FunctorObject Blocks In Java (Wiki) > http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?BlocksInJava jga - Generic Algorithms for Java > http://jga.sourceforge.net Colt Project > http://dsd.lbl.gov/~hoschek/colt More functor interfaces > http://www.dishevelled.org/functor michael --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
