It sounded of interest to me, but I read it and closed the tab within a page or so as it wandered off into tech arcana. Shame. There may be an interesting idea in here but it's phrased in terms I think few will be able to follow and understand.
I did not finish it but I saw no mention of the lambda calculus or of currying, both of which -- from my very meagre understanding -- seem directly relevant to what I understood to be the core point, which seems to be about anonymous functions.
tmtvl 1 hours ago [-]
The core point, to me, seemed to be about limiting factors in language extension. To allow something like:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28851992
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44359454
No comments on any of them.
It sounded of interest to me, but I read it and closed the tab within a page or so as it wandered off into tech arcana. Shame. There may be an interesting idea in here but it's phrased in terms I think few will be able to follow and understand.
I did not finish it but I saw no mention of the lambda calculus or of currying, both of which -- from my very meagre understanding -- seem directly relevant to what I understood to be the core point, which seems to be about anonymous functions.
Allowing those in C would require a modicum of effort, while other languages make these kinds of syntax extension fairly easy.