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“Many older languages simply had no way to do this kind of stuff. Other languages let you do it, but it’s hard (for example, C has function pointers, but you have to declare and define the function somewhere else). Object-oriented programming languages aren’t completely convinced that you should be allowed to do anything with functions.”
. . . . mine can, and it is one of the granddaddies – c++

#include <algorithm>
#include <boost/lambda.hpp>
#include <boost/assign.hpp>

using namespace boost::lambda;
using namespace boost::assign;

vector<string> a = list_of(“hi”)(“there”);
for_each(a.begin(), a.end(), std::cout << _1 << ‘ ‘);

which starts to look awfully like a p language, hmmm . . .

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;

my @a = qw (hi there);
map { print $_.’ ‘; } @a;

check out boost::lambda, boost::assign and boost::function

And they say that C++ is verbose!

Andy Hertzfeld: Actually, the “ability to see things from others’ points of view,” also known as empathy, is a crucial skill for creating great user interfaces, because you have to be able to see things through the eyes of the user; and not just one user but the whole crazy gamut of them, all with varying technical expertise and life experience. Understanding human nature is crucial in both UI design and storytelling, as well as lots of other spheres of endeavor. In a way, marketing is storytelling, too.”

President Bush is pressing for a United Nations resolution linking a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon with a broader plan for peace in the Middle East

I believe he is. The unbelievable stupidity and cruelty of this position just shatters any remaining hope in this administration. After the quagmire in Iraq, even allowing – generously – that there was true confusion about the accuracy of WMD reports – can he be so foolish to think that he can hitch the solution to a 60 year + regional conflict to ceasefire talks in yet one more conflagration?

Let’s see . . . i’m nearly 40, at 6 weeks old I was living in Beirut; and guess what they were fighting then http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War