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From: smryan@garth.UUCP (s m ryan)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: first class functions (opps)
Message-ID: <2824@garth.UUCP>
Date: 8 May 89 01:42:45 GMT
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Reply-To: smryan@garth.UUCP (s m ryan)
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>Algol68 doesn't quite have first-class functions. You are not allowed to
>export a function out of the extent of the block that declared it,
>*especially* if it references locals of the outer block, i.e., the
>interesting and useful case.

I've heard this claim but I don't see where the language (and not some
compiler) prohibits

	begin
	  heap int i;
	  int: i+:=1
	end

If you can elucidate, please do.
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