Re: Patterns of dynamic scoping and nested routines.

2011-02-22 Thread Chet Ramey
On 2/21/11 11:11 PM, Steven W. Orr wrote: > It has been an exciting weekend for me. I studied the dynamic vs static > scoping rules and I think I have a better handle on things, but I have a > few questions. > > It seems that there's no reason why we are not allowed to write nested > functions. Ne

Patterns of dynamic scoping and nested routines.

2011-02-21 Thread Steven W. Orr
It has been an exciting weekend for me. I studied the dynamic vs static scoping rules and I think I have a better handle on things, but I have a few questions. It seems that there's no reason why we are not allowed to write nested functions. Nested functions would not be visible to other functi