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

[Ralph Becket]

>From Fergus Henderson on 10/01/2001 10:39:12
> > I'd vote (a) for having a function rather than a predicate and 
> 
> I think a predicate is likely to be more useful,
> since this would commonly be used with DCGs.

I find I rarely use DCGs except when handling IO.  There's
certainly a case for a pred version for just this situation,
but personally I think I'd end up using the func version most.

Can we have both?

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Ralph Becket      |      MSR Cambridge      |      rbeck at microsoft.com 

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