Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!ukc!edcastle!aiai!jeff From: jeff@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Jeff Dalton) Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Why aren't CL functions 1st class objects? Keywords: functions as first class objects Message-ID: <3491@skye.ed.ac.uk> Date: 8 Oct 90 15:23:05 GMT References: <3477@skye.ed.ac.uk> <3563@syma.sussex.ac.uk> Reply-To: jeff@aiai.UUCP (Jeff Dalton) Organization: AIAI, University of Edinburgh, Scotland Lines: 7 In article <3563@syma.sussex.ac.uk> aarons@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Aaron Sloman) writes: >5. Create a function object by combining a function that has > dynamically scoped free variables with a binding > environment. I believe this was available in several lisp > systems prior to Common Lisp. E.g., Lisp 1.5.