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To this day 'uplevel' is still one of the more bonkers things I've seen in a programming language. https://www.tcl-lang.org/man/tcl9.0/TclCmd/uplevel.html http
by anotherhue 3y ago
To this day 'uplevel' is still one of the more bonkers things I've seen in a programming language.
https://www.tcl-lang.org/man/tcl9.0/TclCmd/uplevel.html https://www.tcl-lang.org/man/tcl9.0/TclCmd/uplevel.html
- cmacleod4 3y agoAre you sure? Uplevel enables various metaprogramming techniques with far less weird magic than C++ requires!
- anotherhue 3y agoI have no criticism of it, it just feels like a different evolutionary path versus my journey to as-pure-as-reasonable FP. Most metaprogramming can probably be described as somewhat bonkers!
- pjmlp 3y agoYeah, ADL says hello. Basically dynamic scoped variables from Clipper/Lisp/Perl, with types into the mix.
- cafard 3y agoI found it very handy.