On 15 February 2013 21:10, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > .... But, since you have never told me what you do mean I am left > without any useful approach for understanding the concepts you are > referring to. I would like it if, at some point, you supplied some > definitions for the meanings of some of the words you use where I have > expressed that I think the relevant definition is different.
I am quite sure you did perfectly understand all that I said in my first post in the thread, including what I mean by 'function': a subprogram that returns a value. This definition is widely accepted in programming, including functional. Of course this usage of the word is not the same as in mathematics, and it needs not be. Functions in programming are *never* those of mathematics. And, again, your attempts at discussing what a function is, or what you want it to be, are irrelevant to my remark on closures, let alone to refuting it, so I don't see your point. Petty nagging, as usual? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
