From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Wed Dec 20 15:58:45 2000
Subject: Re: anonymous functions?
From: "Johan Kullstam" <kullstam at ne dot mediaone dot net>
To: help-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu
Date: 20 Dec 2000 17:00:53 -0500

Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen at cs dot uu dot nl> writes:

> etienne at anonimo dot isr dot ist dot utl dot pt writes:
> >   eval (["function p = my_prod(t)\n"\
> >           "  p = f(t) * g(t);\n"\
> >           "endfunction\n"]);
> > 
> >   but f(t) will not be visible (see the man pages on local and global
> > variables); by default, all vars are local.
> 
> As far as I can tell, the only way to do what I want involves crude
> hacks (assembling strings, and loading or evalling them). In that
> case, I'll revert to using Mathematica (sorry).
> 
> >   Also, you don't get an anonymous func : it's called "my_prod". (note
> > that "prod" is a builtin function). Do you usually program in perl (a
> > good language for anonymous functions)?
> 
> Usually in Scheme or Python.

if you like lisp, you might want to try matlisp.

<URL:http://matlisp.sourceforge.net/>

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J o h a n  K u l l s t a m
[kullstam at ne dot mediaone dot net]
Don't Fear the Penguin!



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