Tag: code as first class objects
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The lambda calculus and closures in Groovy
No sooner had I written about the lambda calculus and Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs than I sat in a lecture on closures in Groovy and was presented with a structure like this (which multiplies two numbers, in this case 3 and 4): Which immediately reminded me of one of Alonzo Church‘s formulations of…
cartesian product ... stuff about computing mostly 