From: Simen Edvardsen <toalett@...>
Date: 2006-10-28T21:38:11+09:00
Subject: Re: What are closures, continuations?

On 10/28/06, J�rg W Mittag <Joerg.Mittag@web.de> wrote:
> matt neuburg wrote:
> > Joe Ruby MUDCRAP-CE <joeat303@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> One more question -- what are lambdas?
> > This is a term from LISP.
>
> Actually, it is a term from Lambda Calculus, which existed long before
> LISP or even computers.
>

The lambda calculus took it from the Greek Alphabet, who adapted it
from the Phoenecian Alphabet, and so on (you could keep going
forever). Actually closures are never called "lambdas", at least not
in any writing I've read on Lisp, it's just a symbol used to denote a
closure.

> jwm
>
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- Simen