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Subject: Re: Beginner's Language?
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"Matthias Blume" <blume@research.bell-labs.com> wrote in message
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> a@b.c wrote:
[excellent explanation clipped]
>   ML functions and C functions are not the same concept.
> Because:
>   ML functions are higher-order.
>   C functions are first-order.
>
> In other words, C functions are first-class for what they are, but this
does not mean
> that they are in some way equivalent to ML functions.

Very nicely put. That's what I tried to say, but I couldn't phrase it right.

jue