A Lisper asks, "Am I supposed to like Smalltalk?"
Alexandre Bergel
Alexandre.Bergel at cs.tcd.ie
Wed May 17 10:25:14 UTC 2006
> f(x, y) := [x + y].
> f(3, 4).
>
> [Hm ... actually this *does* look pretty reasonable; I should
> consider this for Croquet] I'm in particular curious about your
> claim this is "now" possible which seems to imply that there is
> something LambdaMessageSend does that blocks/closures for some
> reason can't represent properly.
Elegant, but it breaks the homogeneity of Squeak. There is no message
sending in f(3, 4) Perhaps something like f@(3, 4) would make it more
compliant...
Cheers,
Alexandre
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