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   From: musiphil@bawi.org   
      
   On 2012-03-29 10:10, Roman W wrote:   
   > On Thursday, March 29, 2012 5:53:33 AM UTC+1, James K. Lowden wrote:   
   >> On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:38:03 -0700 (PDT)   
   >> terminator  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I understand that since every lambda is a singleton ,no general type   
   >>> string is provided for them, **but** why should it be anonymous?   
   >>   
   >> Wouldn't a lambda with a name be something we've had from the   
   >> beginning, namely a functor?   
   >   
   > No, because the syntax to declare it would be lighter.   
   >   
   > Haskell has something like that:   
   >   
   > let factorial n = if n == 0 then 1 else n * (factorial (n - 1))   
   >   
   > Simple & powerful.   
      
   long factorial(long n) { return (n == 0) ? 1 : (n * factorial(n - 1)); }   
      
   or   
      
   template    
   T factorial(T n) { return (n == 0) ? 1 : (n * factorial(n - 1)); }   
      
   Isn't this simple and powerful enough?   
      
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