Hi, I just wanted to mention that Apple also added 'Closures' as 'Blocks' to Objective-C (respectively C):
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ProgrammingWithObjectiveC/WorkingwithBlocks/WorkingwithBlocks.html Best, Manfred On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Yuriy Tymchuk <[email protected]> wrote: > It’s like saying that we have to run Pharo on JVM because everyone is > doing that. In 80s block was invented. Why should we rename it because of > some other languages? > > Uko > > On 17 Apr 2014, at 16:35, Alexandre Bergel <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Well… the whole community of programming language call a closure a > closure. Calling a block what is actually a closure may not be a > well-marketed move in my opinion. > > > > Alexandre > > -- > > _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: > > Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu > > ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;. > > > > > > > > On Apr 17, 2014, at 10:29 AM, Sebastian Sastre < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Apr 17, 2014, at 10:08 AM, Yuriy Tymchuk <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >>> I would rather rename is to Block, as everyone is calling it a “block”. > >> > >> That might be actually a good idea > >> > >> sebastian > >> > >> o/ > >> > >> PS: thinking in that line there is also ‘Context’ as, conceptually, > what these blocks of code want to do is to keep the evaluation in a > specific context. But to ease know-how transference and type less I’d > rather go with the most popular name, as you suggested: ‘Block' > >> > >> > > > > > > >
