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From: Rainer Joswig <joswig@lise.lavielle.com>
Subject: Re: Ultimate Language feature list
Date: 1998/05/14
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Date: 1998-05-14T00:00:00+00:00
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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".

Common Lisp has a library called "series" which
does these things and is able to compile it
to efficient code. For a description
of "Series" see "Common Lisp the Language, 2nd Edition"
by Guy L. Steele Jr.:
http://www.lavielle.com/~joswig/cltl2/clm/node347.html#SECTION003400000000000000000

This stuff is a decade old now.

Another thing worth looking for is the STL for C++.