From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2006-08-14T17:38:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Language chatter

On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 02:58:39PM +0900, Martin DeMello wrote:
> On 8/14/06, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote:
> >On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 06:16:52AM +0900, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> >>
> >> 2. "Can your programming language do this?"
> >>
> >> http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/08/01.html
> >
> >Actually, that's one of my "tests" for whether or not I'm likely to like
> >a particular language.
> 
> Likewise - the ability to abstract control structures easily and
> cleanly is up there with structured programming on my list of
> must-haves.

In particular, that entire essay is basically a demonstration of lexical
closures.

-- 
CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
"Real ugliness is not harsh-looking syntax, but having to
build programs out of the wrong concepts." - Paul Graham