From: torbenm@app-3.diku.dk   
      
   Jatin Bhateja  writes:   
      
      
   > According to me GCC nested functions are not same as nested functions   
   > in functional languages as these languages are dynamically scoped   
   > languages and in them the order in which locals are searched is from   
   > inner to outermost function in enclosing order in run time stack.   
      
   This is true only for a few functional languages, most notably the   
   orignal LISP.  Scheme, SML, OCaml and Haskell are all statically   
   scoped, and I believe Common LISP supports both static and dynamic   
   scopes.   
      
           Torben   
      
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