the draft of a paper on Higher Order Messaging has now been made
available at http://www.metaobject.com/
Very cool stuff! I especially like the -ifResponds HOM. When did
you come up with that?
Thanks, John! :-)
I have to admit, I can't remember when I came up with that. I think
I actually implemented it for the paper, because I wanted a really
concise example. Iteration doesn't work that well because the
implementation is significantly more bulky, which also reinforces the
misconception that HOM is an iteration mechanism. Which it isn't.
It's a mechanism/method for building things like iteration mechanisms.
On the other hand, it had been running around in my head for quite
some time. Whenever I see patterns like that nowadays, I see an
opportunity for another little HOM.
Cheers,
Marcel
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Marcel Weiher Metaobject Software Technologies
email@hidden www.metaobject.com
Metaprogramming for the Graphic Arts. HOM, IDEAs, MetaAd etc.
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