On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 00:04, Brian Hurt wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Jon Harrop wrote:

> Second, you can do fold, map, iter, etc. in C++- it's just a pain.  To 
> emulate HOFs you define a new class with single virtual member function.  
> The virtual member function then becomes your HOF. 

For templates all you need is a class with an operator()() method.

Dynamic dispatch is only needed if you need
run time function variables (first class functions).

Heh .. it isn't a pain doing this in C++, its
quite easy -- just use Felix. 

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