From: Uriel <uriel99@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] "Blocks" in C
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 14:32:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5d375e920909020532p1c3bd46l75d89db4f224301e@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <09650C1A-A4C8-4030-81D6-9AC8913970A2@kix.in>
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Anant Narayanan<anant@kix.in> wrote:
> Mac OS 10.6 introduced a new C compiler frontend (clang), which added
> support for "blocks" in C [1]. Blocks basically add closures and anonymous
> functions to C (and it's derivatives). Full details with examples are in the
> linked article. I think the feature is quite elegant and might be useful in
> cases where you want map/reduce like functionality in C.
Er., I might be more dumb than usual, but why on earth would you
need/want this garbage to get map/reduce functionality in C?
To me it seems the typical "lets come up with some cute 'feature' and
then we will figure out how to hype ourselves all the way to hell".
Peace
uriel
>
> How much effort would it be to support a feature similar to blocks in 8c
> (and family)? What are your thoughts on the idea in general?
>
> --
> Anant
>
> [1] http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2009/08/mac-os-x-10-6.ars/10
>
>
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2009-09-02 8:04 Anant Narayanan
2009-09-02 9:43 ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2009-09-02 11:00 ` Philippe Anel
2009-09-02 11:13 ` Charles Forsyth
2009-09-03 9:52 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-02 11:40 ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-02 12:32 ` Uriel [this message]
2009-09-02 14:20 ` Devon H. O'Dell
2009-09-03 9:52 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-03 10:48 ` Akshat Kumar
2009-09-03 11:25 ` Charles Forsyth
2009-09-03 13:59 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-03 15:15 ` Uriel
2009-09-03 15:44 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-03 16:01 ` Roman V Shaposhnik
2009-09-04 9:15 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-04 16:49 ` Roman Shaposhnik
2009-09-03 16:02 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-03 18:56 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-03 18:58 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-03 19:13 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-03 19:36 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-03 19:50 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-03 20:30 ` Iruata Souza
2009-09-06 22:35 ` Uriel
2009-09-07 0:41 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-03 21:08 ` Roman V Shaposhnik
2009-09-03 21:35 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-03 21:45 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-03 21:49 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-03 21:51 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-03 22:36 ` Roman V Shaposhnik
2009-09-04 9:16 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-03 22:10 ` Daniel Lyons
2009-09-03 22:07 ` Daniel Lyons
2009-09-04 9:15 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-04 3:21 ` Anant Narayanan
2009-09-04 3:52 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-04 4:18 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-04 4:44 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-04 5:31 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-04 5:35 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-04 7:11 ` Bakul Shah
2009-09-04 7:47 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-04 14:41 ` Bakul Shah
2009-09-04 15:04 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-04 15:58 ` Bakul Shah
2009-09-04 12:14 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-04 13:52 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-04 13:59 ` matt
2009-09-04 14:20 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-04 14:56 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-06 23:03 ` Uriel
2009-09-07 0:45 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-04 16:50 ` Roman Shaposhnik
2009-09-04 6:45 ` Bakul Shah
2009-09-04 16:44 ` Roman Shaposhnik
2009-09-04 16:58 ` Iruata Souza
2009-09-04 17:09 ` Roman Shaposhnik
2009-09-04 17:42 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-04 18:34 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-04 21:54 ` Roman V Shaposhnik
2009-09-07 9:06 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-07 9:05 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-07 9:40 ` Uriel
2009-09-08 15:31 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-08 15:44 ` Uriel
2009-09-08 16:40 ` Bakul Shah
2009-09-11 18:15 ` Iruata Souza
2009-09-11 18:46 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-11 20:36 ` Roman V Shaposhnik
2009-09-11 21:28 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-14 16:07 ` Lawrence E. Bakst
2009-09-12 11:08 ` Anant Narayanan
2009-09-13 19:03 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-17 1:54 ` Lawrence E. Bakst
2009-09-17 8:43 ` Charles Forsyth
2009-09-17 9:12 ` Daniel Lyons
2009-09-17 15:56 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-17 17:38 ` Jack Norton
2009-09-17 20:23 ` Anant Narayanan
2009-09-17 20:26 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-17 20:31 ` Anant Narayanan
2009-09-17 20:47 ` Akshat Kumar
2009-09-17 21:02 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-17 22:26 ` Steve Simon
2009-09-17 22:32 ` Roman V Shaposhnik
2009-09-18 2:05 ` Daniel Lyons
2009-09-18 9:30 ` Charles Forsyth
2009-09-18 11:41 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-17 21:03 ` Uriel
2009-09-03 9:52 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-02 14:08 ` Rodolfo (kix)
2009-09-03 9:52 ` Greg Comeau
[not found] ` <C56117D7BD9A097270529AAE@192.168.1.2>
2009-09-02 15:07 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-02 15:26 ` Roman V Shaposhnik
2009-09-02 15:45 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-03 15:32 ` Uriel
2009-09-03 15:49 ` Roman V Shaposhnik
2009-09-03 15:54 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-03 16:20 ` Roman V Shaposhnik
2009-09-03 16:44 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-04 1:05 ` Roman V Shaposhnik
2009-09-04 1:30 ` Russ Cox
2009-09-04 1:32 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-03 21:54 ` James Tomaschke
2009-09-06 22:26 ` Uriel
2009-09-04 9:04 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-02 15:20 ` Roman V Shaposhnik
2009-09-02 17:51 ` Bakul Shah
2009-09-04 1:35 drivers
2009-09-04 1:52 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-17 9:19 Andrew Simmons
2009-09-17 14:45 ` LiteStar numnums
2009-09-17 17:24 ` Daniel Lyons
2009-09-18 15:50 drivers
2009-09-18 15:56 ` erik quanstrom
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