On 2008-11-10, Christian Walther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll never forget one of my teachers telling me that I used java to > store my functions. I'm still not sure that I understand what he > meant. ;-)
One example of Pure Uglyness in programming languages are the OO first class function hacks. i.e. writing some kind of Function1<Int,Int> template class, overloading the call operator, etc. > That's why I think that this discussion is kind of... pointless. Of course it is, as are rewrites just because the language used isn't in fashion anymore. -- "[Fashion] is usually a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months." -- Oscar Wilde "The computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women's fashion." -- RMS
