From: pjb@... (Pascal J. Bourguignon)
Date: 2009-01-15T03:59:10+09:00
Subject: Re: functional programming

"David A. Black" <dblack@rubypal.com> writes:
> On Wed, 14 Jan 2009, Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote:
>>> But what would this be:
>>>
>>>    f = lambda {}
>>>    def f; end
>>>    f()
>>
>> It's clear, f() calls the def f.
>> You need and have another expression to call the lambda.
>>
>> And this is because there are two things that are designated by the identifier f here:
>
> Right -- that's my point :-) I thought that you were suggesting the
> unification of calling a method and calling a function that's stored
> in a variable.

No such suggestion.  It's just a classification. You have languages
with a single name space for values and functions, and you have
languages with distinct namespaces.  Scheme is in the former.  Ruby,
emacs lisp, Common Lisp are in the later.

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__Pascal Bourguignon__