> From: Kaz Kylheku <kkylh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Order is perhaps the number of levels of indirection you must
> dereference to actually call a function which just returns or
> accepts a plain datum.
I hate the word "dereference".
Otherwise I'd nominate that for the koan collection.
> Lambda increases order, funcall decreases.
That's much more compact than what I posted a few minutes ago.
I nominate this for the koan collection.
> And, ladies and gentlemen, we call this ``making a few funcalls
> to pull a few strings''.
Oh no, the start of a pun cascade! Should I call the puncall squad?
> Turn something into something else?
> Eww, that reeks of destructive manipulation. :)
It'll take that N.A.I.L. reeks to figure out these puns.
> A higher order function simply ... is.
Um, can you please say that in E-prime?
That that is, is.
That that is not, is not.
That that is is not that that is not.
That that is not is not that that is.
Quick, did I quote from "Macroscope" or "The Great Time-Machine Hoax"?
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