Re: Ion rewriting

On 2008-11-10, Christian Walther <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'll never forget one of my teachers telling me that I used java to
> store my functions. I'm still not sure that I understand what he
> meant. ;-)

One example of Pure Uglyness in programming languages are the
OO first class function hacks. i.e. writing some kind of
Function1<Int,Int> template class, overloading the call 
operator, etc. 

> That's why I think that this discussion is kind of... pointless.

Of course it is, as are rewrites just because the language 
used isn't in fashion anymore.

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 to alter it every six months." -- Oscar Wilde
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