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uname-s
11y ago
The promise in 1985 was Smalltalk; the reality was Java. Your argument rests on an industry bait-and-switch.
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uname-s
11y ago
Smalltalk has always had lambdas in the form of block objects. It uses them everywhere and for everything, even implementing control flow constructs like if/then/else and while. It also uses them to implement Lisp-style higher-ord