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		irishcoffee 2 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Workers who love ‘synergizing paradigms’ might be ... Pardon my ignorance, isn't that a lambda in c++?

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ndriscoll 2 days ago [–]

Yes, and in Java and other languages (e.g. in Lean you can literally use the syntax λ x ↦ x + 5). When OOP was more of the zeitgeist, these languages didn't have lambda functions.

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