Re: RFC 23 (v2) Higher order functions

2000-08-09 Thread Piers Cawley
Peter Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >=head1 TITLE > > > >Higher order functions > > Well, this should keep the Obfuscated Perl Contest going for at least > another decade :-) Whilst still being deeply useful in non obfuscatory contexts too. -- Piers

Re: RFC 23 (v2) Higher order functions

2000-08-09 Thread Hildo Biersma
> =head1 TITLE > > Higher order functions Sounds good. We should add this to the language. Oh boy, the tricks we can play with this... Hildo

Re: RFC 23 (v2) Higher order functions

2000-08-09 Thread Uri Guttman
> "PRL" == Perl6 RFC Librarian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: PRL> in a program. However, the following is self-documenting: PRL> $check = ^cylinder_vol == ^radius**2 * ^height PRL> or die ^last_words; PRL> This uses the I notation. If two placeholders use the PRL>

Re: RFC 23 (v2) Higher order functions

2000-08-08 Thread Peter Scott
>=head1 TITLE > >Higher order functions Well, this should keep the Obfuscated Perl Contest going for at least another decade :-) -- Peter Scott Pacific Systems Design Technologies

Re: RFC 23 (v2) Higher order functions

2000-08-08 Thread Ken Fox
> Higher order functions This is a very nice proposal and I'd like to see it adopted. Since many other RFCs are bound to assume this functionality, can we put this one on the "fast track" approval process? ;) - Ken

RFC 23 (v2) Higher order functions

2000-08-08 Thread Perl6 RFC Librarian
This and other RFCs are available on the web at http://dev.perl.org/rfc/ =head1 TITLE Higher order functions =head1 VERSION Maintainer: Damian Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 4 August 2000 Version: 2 Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Number: 23 =head1 ABSTRACT This RFC proposes so