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		msie 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Seed7 – Extensible Programming Language I’ve never liked the idea of the syntax where functions are declared and then assigned to variables. I guess it’s supposed to be elegant?

hyperbrainer 5 months ago [–]

If functions are first class, then they must be stored as variables. I mean, consider any FP Language.

msie 5 months ago | [–]

They can still be first class without declaring them in this manner.

TurboHaskal 5 months ago | | [–]

Sure. But if they are first class and you have a mechanism to assign them to variables then there is no need for syntax sugar.

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