The Great Coding Language Thread
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(println "lol")
(println "You forgot a quote.")
(println "The \"official?\" tutorial I find pretty meh... I think the one for Haskell I linked you a while back is much better. More fun to read, at least.")
(println "You forgot a quote.")
(println "The \"official?\" tutorial I find pretty meh... I think the one for Haskell I linked you a while back is much better. More fun to read, at least.")
(println "There is a better one http://www.braveclojure.com/")
(println "And then for when you forget one function http://clojure.org/cheatsheet")
(println "And then for when you forget one function http://clojure.org/cheatsheet")
So, I need help with some intense Python shiz. Links, AWAY!
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29422776/use-2-strings-to-call-function-x-from-module-y
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29422776/use-2-strings-to-call-function-x-from-module-y
Looking at that makes me realize how far I have to go before I fully understand python.
Although there are a ton of ways that this is alleviated, like with blocks/lambdas/procs, but still having first-class functions would be really nice
Technically, the order of succession is block/proc/lambda.
Blocks are just that - blocks of code.
Procs are blocks stored in variables. So technically a Proc is a function in a true FP language.
Lambdas are Procs, except with Procs extra arguments are set to nil, with Lambdas the argument count is checked and errors are raised if you call one with the wrong amount. In addition, Lambdas will simply return the object (well, reference) once called, while Procs will also have the parent method return the same thing as the Proc.
Altogether, if you're looking for a method stored in a variable, Lambdas are the way to go in Ruby.
EDIT: Fixed a typo; added a period.
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Defined in same file as a Proc, so you could consider a method a block bound to a name, I guess?actually method :method_name does it
...Ruby takes the principle "code is data" very far.