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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
Subject: Re: Vector of Vectors.
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:41:57 -0500
Date: 2009-01-17T11:41:57-05:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <wccbpu5naui.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: c6b25ab4-ffc8-49e5-8ab3-18e3bc21b897@35g2000pry.googlegroups.com

Ivan Levashew <octagram@bluebottle.com> writes:

> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
>
> Top-posting is what actually happens when one uses downwards closures.

Nice analogy.  I agree 100%

> Procedure name should be optional, I think.

Yes.  Like a lambda expression in Lisp, but preferably with less verbose
syntax.

Requiring the body of a loop to have a name is an annoyance.
What are you going to call it?  The_Loop_Body.  Or something
equally meaningless.

- Bob



  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-01-17 16:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-01-15  0:32 Vector of Vectors Peter C. Chapin
2009-01-15  2:44 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2009-01-15 10:10   ` Alex R. Mosteo
2009-01-15 10:56     ` Georg Bauhaus
2009-01-15 20:44     ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2009-01-15 21:26       ` Robert A Duff
2009-01-17 10:20         ` Ivan Levashew
2009-01-17 10:51           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2009-01-17 16:45             ` Robert A Duff
2009-01-17 17:18               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2009-01-17 23:06                 ` Robert A Duff
2009-01-18  9:44                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2009-01-17 16:41           ` Robert A Duff [this message]
2009-01-17 18:56             ` Georg Bauhaus
2009-01-17 22:59               ` Robert A Duff
2009-01-18 18:34                 ` Georg Bauhaus
2009-01-18 21:29                   ` Robert A Duff
2009-01-19 11:52                     ` Georg Bauhaus
2009-01-19 12:39                       ` Georg Bauhaus
2009-01-20  2:11                     ` Randy Brukardt
2009-01-15 12:08   ` Peter C. Chapin
2009-01-16 10:15     ` Alex R. Mosteo
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