From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,ea30c4e9c3d00b X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,ea30c4e9c3d00b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: je@bton.ac.uk (John English) Subject: Re: Ultimate Language feature list Date: 1998/05/14 Message-ID: <6jenth$8eg@saturn.brighton.ac.uk>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 353187717 References: <6jcjqq$jl4$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> Followup-To: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel Organization: University of Brighton Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel Date: 1998-05-14T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Rainer Joswig (joswig@lise.lavielle.com) wrote: : adam@irvine.com writes: : > Well, as long as we're talking about what language features we want, : > here's one I've always wanted: The ability to deal with sequences of : > objects. : Well, read Abelson and Sussman's classic book "Structure : and Interpretation of Computer Programs". What you are : looking for is called "streams". Or possibly Icon-style generators? I've always thought that this was a nice idea... Here's another wish: closures. ----------------------------------------------------------------- John English | mailto:je@brighton.ac.uk Senior Lecturer | http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/je Dept. of Computing | ** NON-PROFIT CD FOR CS STUDENTS ** University of Brighton | -- see http://burks.bton.ac.uk -----------------------------------------------------------------