Re: nested functions

torbenm@app-3.diku.dk (=?iso-8859-1?q?Torben_=C6gidius_Mogensen?=)
8 Sep 2006 12:24:59 -0400

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From: torbenm@app-3.diku.dk (=?iso-8859-1?q?Torben_=C6gidius_Mogensen?=)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 8 Sep 2006 12:24:59 -0400
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen
References: 06-08-140 06-09-010
Keywords: functional, design
Posted-Date: 08 Sep 2006 12:24:59 EDT

Jatin Bhateja <Jatin_Bhateja@mentor.com> 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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