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  • Re: Functional programming

    From B. Pym@21:1/5 to Erik Naggum on Wed Sep 18 01:34:05 2024
    XPost: comp.lang.scheme

    Erik Naggum wrote:

    I also happen to do (apply #'funcall <list>) at times. I guess Scheme's
    (apply (eval (car list)) (cdr list)) is much more _elegant_. hee hee!


    (define seq (list + 2 3 4))

    (apply (car seq) (cdr seq))


    9


    Gauche Scheme:

    (define seq (list + 2 3 4))

    ((apply pa$ seq))
    ===>
    9

    (eval seq #f)
    ===>
    9


    Racket:

    (define seq (list + 2 3 4))

    ((apply curry seq))
    ===>
    9

    (eval seq)
    ===>
    9

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