From: Jay Levitt <jay+news@...>
Date: 2007-09-11T23:10:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Bug in lambda?

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:03:23 +0900, dblack@wobblini.net wrote:

> But you always have to avoid clobbering variables:
> 
>    x = 1
>    ...
>    ...
>    x = gets
>    ...
>    if x > 0    # blows up

I just yesterday read of a "programmer" who had that problem:

"How do I get the first value out of a variable?"

http://worsethanfailure.com/Articles/I-Didn%e2%80%99t-Know-You-Could-Do-That!.aspx

Jay