"Generators first appeared in CLU (1975),[4] were a prominent feature in the string manipulation language Icon (1977) and are now available inPython,[5]C#,[6]Ruby and other languages. In CLU and C#, generators are callediterators, and in Ruby, enumerators."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generator_(computer_programming) 2013-1975/10=decades At this point even c# has yield since version 2, exactly 8 years ago and I have seen used for coroutines/async http://devlicio.us/blogs/rob_eisenberg/archive/2010/08/21/caliburn-micro-soup-to-nuts-part-5-iresult-and-coroutines.aspx El 07/08/2013 23:38, "// ravi" <[email protected]> escribió: > On Aug 7, 2013, at 9:39 AM, José F. Romaniello <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Move on this is a SOLVED PROBLEM, we have had this thing in many > programming languages for decades and any mediocre software developer know > what yield means at the middle of a function. > > > > While I do not think accidental misuse is a compelling reason to not add a > language feature, I am curious about the above claim. There haven’t been > many languages that have been around for “decades” which is not to get > pedantic, but to raise the question: what similar behaviour (as > generators/yield) exists in C, C++, Perl, PHP, etc? (perhaps Lisp?). The > existence of many fine async modules and methodologies betrays the fact > that even async (which has been around for decades) is full of pitfalls for > all but the most cautious programmer. > > Regards, > > —ravi > > > -- > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
