Code and Data in C# and Scheme
May 12, 2006
Great post by Don Box — if C#’s syntax were a little less ugly, this would actually be very elegant.
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I hate the syntax of the lambda expression too… why can’t we use a function-syntax like would be used in C# 2.0? Something akin to:
with(var e) { return e + 5; } // or lambda(var e) { return e + 5; }
would be much clearer than:
e => e + 5
Posted by: Marc Brooks at May 12, 2006 6:31 PM | link
Actually, I object to that part of the syntax included due to its C heritage :-)
(Not entirely serious; I understand why so many languages have adopted the rather strange C conventions, C++, C# and Java included. But mixing in more and more idioms from other languages certainly doesn’t make it any prettier …)
Posted by: Stefan Tilkov at May 12, 2006 8:11 PM | link