Re: [stack] Re: Concatenative Hardware

> > QTE creates a thunk (a nullary function) from a value. The value is
> > popped from the stack and replaced with a function that always returns
> > the value.
>
> Enlightenment time...
>
> I understand the form of this construct but not its essential nature.
> How does it differ from, and in what way is it more useful than, a
> constant?

It allows you to create functions dynamically out of thin air. This is
useful when performing computations with higher-order functions.

- Christopher