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Got it. One thing that really bothers me is the name lambda. It seems to be used for something I'm already familiar with and have used plenty before but with th
by meagain20000 11y ago
Got it. One thing that really bothers me is the name lambda. It seems to be used for something I'm already familiar with and have used plenty before but with the added benefit of obfuscation to make me feel stupid. I wonder if somebody is trying to make themselves feel smarter or I'm just stupid. Anyhow, KISS.
- gnaritas 11y agoLambda calculus was invented in 1937 to describe this concept; it existed before function pointers, so the name is actually accurate, you're just not familiar with it.