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From: lins@Apple.COM (Chuck Lins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Variable procedures in Pascal
Summary: Modula-2 supports procedure variables
Message-ID: <46833@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 27 Nov 90 00:47:45 GMT
References: <1990Nov23.082345.12074@portia.Stanford.EDU> <2434@krafla.rhi.hi.is>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <2434@krafla.rhi.hi.is> aries@rhi.hi.is (Reynir Hugason) writes:
>As far as I can remember MPW (and Think) only have procedural parameters,
>i.e. you can only pass a procedure (or a function) to another procedure.
>No tricky procedural variables.

If you want something whose syntax is similar to Pascal, you can use Modula-2
which has direct support for procedure variables (with static typing). Pascal
does not support procedure variables.

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