Re: Reference to "First-Class Data Type"

Ronald Bodkin <rjbodkin@theory.lcs.mit.edu>
Tue, 25 Feb 1992 19:30:32 GMT

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From: Ronald Bodkin <rjbodkin@theory.lcs.mit.edu>
Keywords: types
Organization: MIT Lab for Computer Science
References: 92-02-085 92-02-109
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1992 19:30:32 GMT

In article 92-02-109 David Keppel writes:
      >[Put a C compiler in the C library?]


      That might be a good idea but it won't make procedures first class.
      [you need consistent assignment operators, etc.]


Maybe, but you certainly could make procedures first class in c++, (e.g.
by overloading all the operators considered necessary to become first
class).


Ron
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