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   dxf to Anton Ertl   
   Re: quotations   
   10 Feb 25 13:00:58   
   
   From: dxforth@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/02/2025 2:45 am, Anton Ertl wrote:   
   > dxf  writes:   
   >> What language do you know where   
   >> nested definitions are nameless?   
   >   
   > Just to name a few: Lisp, Smalltalk, Postscript, Joy, Factor.  A much   
   > longer list can be found at   
   > .   
      
   "The use of anonymous functions is a matter of style.  Using them is never   
    the only way to solve a problem; each anonymous function could instead be   
    defined as a named function and called by name."   
      
   So it's a style - a fashion statement.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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