[m-dev.] Re: The Great Computer Language Shootout

[Thomas Conway]

On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 09:04:41PM EST, Ralph Becket wrote:
> >From Robert Jeschofnik on 10/01/2001 05:39:48
> > > 
> > > A predicate that I seem to have written too many times is:
> > > 
> > > :- pred for(int, int, pred(int, T, T), T, T).
> > 
> > I thought this actually had been added. I remember that it was
> > mentioned to be a good idea when I first posted your curses stuff for
> > inclusion in the extras.
> 
> I'd vote (a) for having a function rather than a predicate and 

Nope. There has to be a pred form so you can use it in a DCG.
That's how I use it almost every time.

Thomas
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