On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 12:08:17PM +0800, Pablo Manalastas wrote: > The confusing amount of parenthesis should not deter one from > appreciating and loving this powerful class of applicative functional > languages.
well definitely that's their use - I'm now writing Python code with Scheme in mind... *but* sysadmin scripting makes use of side effects first and foremost. well let me read the samag article, but can do you do this: directory = remove(directory, filename) or even: directory.remove(filename) instead of: unlink (filename) where a 'directory' is abstracted into a data type. hmm. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
