Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.snarked.org!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED.news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: Kartik Agaram Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: Add nested-function support in a language the based on a stack-machine Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 22:31:35 -0700 Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 11 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <18-03-064@comp.compilers> References: <6effed5e-6c90-f5f4-0c80-a03c61fd2127@gkc.org.uk> <18-03-042@comp.compilers> <18-03-049@comp.compilers> <18-03-055@comp.compilers> <18-03-060@comp.compilers> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: gal.iecc.com; posting-host="news.iecc.com:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970"; logging-data="14537"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@iecc.com" Keywords: C, design Posted-Date: 14 Mar 2018 09:30:07 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:2006 On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 5:07 PM, Kaz Kylheku <157-073-9834@kylheku.com> wrote: > Anonymous functions without environments are basically just > function pointers. > > If those are first class functions, then C has first class functions. C doesn't have anonymous functions (ignoring a combination of GNU extensions added sometime after 1988). But you mentioned anonymous functions, so you must be aware of this. So I'm not sure what you're saying.