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From: cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de (Martin Cracauer)
Subject: Re: A bit of Dylan smell (Re: Attention all Dylan enthusiasts!)
Message-ID: <1995Nov13.144555.14429@wavehh.hanse.de>
Organization: BSD User Group Hamburg
References: <roy-071195130025@mac-240.camb.logica.co.uk> <1995Nov8.132609.28334@wavehh.hanse.de> <1995Nov10.105009.1978@wavehh.hanse.de> <page-1111950205490001@page.vip.best.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 95 14:45:55 GMT
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page@best.com (Chris Page) writes:

>In article <1995Nov10.105009.1978@wavehh.hanse.de>,
>cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de (Martin Cracauer) wrote:

>> cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de (Martin Cracauer) writes:
>[deletia]
>> ><a href="ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/hb/Iterator.html"> "Iterators: Signs
>> >of Weakness in Object-Oriented Languages".  ACM OOPS Messenger 4, 3
>> >(July 1993), 18-25. If your language requires iterators in order to
>> >get anything done, your language's control structures are grossly
>> >deficient." (quoted from his www site)
>[deletia]
>> I'm sorry, I just pasted the url without checking it. Needless to say,
>> it is wrong.
>> 
>> Access Henry Baker's Papers at:
>> 
>> ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/hb/hbaker/home.html

>Okay, I read the paper, but what does it have to do with Dylan? Do you
>think that Dylan's use of iterators is a sign of weakness? 

No. 

>Do you think
>that Dylan is perfectly capable of using "mapcar"-type solutions instead
>of iterators?

Yes.
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