On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Tracy Harms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Would it be adequate to say this? In J there is no language-supported
> distinction between objects and lexical closures; both are alike in
> combining functions and data such that results depend not only on the
> parameters provided, but also the ("internal") state of the thing that
> is called on.
Well... in J, objects, classes, inner classes, lexical closures and
a variety of other mechanisms are all implemented using locales.
This concept of "using" is somewhat analogous to how polynomials
and inner products and a variety of other mechanisms are all
implemented using addition and multiplication.
But, yes, both objects and lexical closures have internal state that
gets modified during the normal course of execution.
--
Raul
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