The Unbearable Staggeringness of Closures (was: The staggering power of closures)

From: Sebastian Stern (sstern42_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/03/04 

Date: 3 Mar 2004 03:52:19 -0800

Jacek Generowicz:
> Could you show me a usage of closures that would make me shout out
> loud "But that's staggering!"?

Observe and be staggered:

http://www.niksula.cs.hut.fi/~candolin/scheme/beauty.html 

--
Sebastian Stern
"Freedom is the freedom to say (= (+ 2 2) 4). If that is granted, all else follows."

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