On Saturday 10 June 2006 04:35 pm, Clifford Beshers wrote:
The Wikipedia article on lambda abstractions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_abstraction) has a statement that does not resonate with me:
A lambda abstraction is to a functional programming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_programming language such as Scheme http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheme_programming_language what pseudo-code http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-code is to an imperative programming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperative_programming language.
Does anyone else find this to be a peculiar statement? If you think it is accurate, could you provide an alternate explanation and/or example to the one in the article?
I agree; The article is questionable at best. I've never seen the term "lambda abstraction" used in the way it is in the article. I'd go so far as to say it's downright wrong. This one is much better: http://foldoc.org/foldoc.cgi?lambda+abstraction -- Rob Dockins Talk softly and drive a Sherman tank. Laugh hard, it's a long way to the bank. -- TMBG