Re: args (was Re: Lambda as declarative idiom (was RE: what is lambda used for in real code?))

2005-01-07 Thread Bengt Richter
On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 14:11:51 -0800, Michael Spencer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Hm, this didn't go out for some reason. I'll just send it now.] Roman Suzi wrote: Maybe this is too outlandish, but I see lambdas as a quote mechanism, which presents a possibility to postpone (precisely control,

args (was Re: Lambda as declarative idiom (was RE: what is lambda used for in real code?))

2005-01-04 Thread Michael Spencer
Roman Suzi wrote: Maybe this is too outlandish, but I see lambdas as a quote mechanism, which presents a possibility to postpone (precisely control, delegate) evaluation. That is, an ovehead for lambda must be much lower but at the same time visible to the programmer: d = a + (lambda x, y: x+

Re: args (was Re: Lambda as declarative idiom (was RE: what is lambda used for in real code?))

2005-01-04 Thread Roman Suzi
On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, Michael Spencer wrote: Roman Suzi wrote: Maybe this is too outlandish, but I see lambdas as a quote mechanism, which presents a possibility to postpone (precisely control, delegate) evaluation. That is, an ovehead for lambda must be much lower but at the same time visible