A syntax option (function types versus arrays)

[John Nilsson]

Key words being 'to date', if no specific implementation is dictated by the
language spec why assume it will always be a bad one?

BR,
John

On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 7:12 AM, Howard Lovatt <howard.lovatt at gmail.com>wrote:

> All the implementations suggested to date require at least one new
> object per lambda, so new is signaling that an object will in all
> likely hood be created (unless the JVM can eliminate it).
>
> On 12 March 2010 10:14, John Nilsson <john at milsson.nu> wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:58 PM, Howard Lovatt <howard.lovatt at gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> There is an advantage in spelling out that you have an expensive
> >> operation in that people are more likely to be aware of a potential
> >> problem and hence avoid it in the first place
> >
> >
> > But it is only expensive if you assume a broken compiler or VM. There is
> > nothing inherent in the language to suggest that it should be expensive.
> > BR,
> > John
>
>
>
> --
>   -- Howard.
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