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You throw goto around like it's some revolutionary change that we don't use gotos. Djikstra's paper was like 70 years ago and it was released like immediately a
by TZubiri 2y ago
You throw goto around like it's some revolutionary change that we don't use gotos. Djikstra's paper was like 70 years ago and it was released like immediately after languages were being born.
- ndriscoll 2y agoRecursion schemes are at least as old as "Functional Programming with Bananas, Lenses, Envelopes and Barbed Wire" (1991), which is closer to "Go To Statement Considered Harmful" (1968, so 23 years) than it is to today (34 years). Recursion schemes aren't at all new either.
- dang 2y agoA few past threads: Functional programming with bananas, lenses, envelopes and barbed wire [pdf] (1991) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31152801 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31152801 - April 2022 (28 comments) Functional Programming with Bananas, Lenses, Envelopes and Barbed Wire - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24056901 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24056901 - Aug 2020 (18 comments) Functional Programming with Bananas, Lenses, Envelopes and Barbed Wire (1991) [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9080933 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9080933 - Feb 2015 (2 comments) Functional programming with bananas, lenses, envelopes and barbed wire - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6195603 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6195603 - Aug 2013 (1 comment)
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