From: "Maciek Godek" <pstrychuj@gmail.com>
To: "Jon Wilson" <jsw@wilsonjc.us>, guile-user@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Me no understand scoping
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 23:35:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e2ceda030808021435j30dd2ef4h5a3d1d74e3e4096b@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4893ECE5.2090702@wilsonjc.us>
> Time to trot out the tired old koan [1] ...
>
> " The venerable master Qc Na was walking with his student, Anton. Hoping to
> prompt the master into a discussion, Anton said "Master, I have heard that
> objects are a very good thing - is this true?" Qc Na looked pityingly at
> his student and replied, "Foolish pupil - objects are merely a poor man's
> closures."
>
> " Chastised, Anton took his leave from his master and returned to his cell,
> intent on studying closures. He carefully read the entire "Lambda: The
> Ultimate..." series of papers and its cousins, and implemented a small
> Scheme interpreter with a closure-based object system. He learned much, and
> looked forward to informing his master of his progress.
>
> " On his next walk with Qc Na, Anton attempted to impress his master by
> saying "Master, I have diligently studied the matter, and now understand
> that objects are truly a poor man's closures." Qc Na responded by hitting
> Anton with his stick, saying "When will you learn? Closures are a poor man's
> object." At that moment, Anton became enlightened.
>
>
> [1] http://people.csail.mit.edu/gregs/ll1-discuss-archive-html/msg03277.html
I only wonder if the idea of explicit closures was floating in the air at the
time when this koan was coined. Does anybody know?
(because I can't loose the impression that explicit closures
could be the rich man's objects)
M.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-08-02 21:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-29 21:18 Me no understand scoping Maciek Godek
2008-07-30 3:24 ` Clinton Ebadi
2008-07-30 8:42 ` Maciek Godek
2008-07-30 14:03 ` Jon Wilson
2008-07-30 15:04 ` Klaus Schilling
2008-07-30 19:24 ` Maciek Godek
2008-07-31 7:20 ` Neil Jerram
2008-07-31 19:21 ` Maciek Godek
2008-07-31 21:37 ` Neil Jerram
2008-07-31 23:07 ` Maciek Godek
2008-08-02 17:43 ` Neil Jerram
2008-08-02 21:36 ` Maciek Godek
2008-08-08 20:54 ` Neil Jerram
2008-08-10 21:49 ` Maciek Godek
2008-08-09 11:05 ` Andy Wingo
2008-08-10 22:30 ` Maciek Godek
2008-09-11 14:56 ` JonWilson
2008-07-31 23:48 ` Clinton Ebadi
2008-08-01 22:00 ` Maciek Godek
2008-08-02 5:13 ` Jon Wilson
2008-08-02 21:35 ` Maciek Godek [this message]
[not found] <cmu-lmtpd-29005-1217434291-0@mail-imap1.uio.no>
2008-07-30 16:18 ` Kjetil S. Matheussen
2008-07-30 19:03 ` Clinton Ebadi
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