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Is the .NET platform embracing quotation and macros?

If you read between the lines (even if you don't) in Don Syme's blog post (near the end) he talks about DLinq and the use of quotation, abstract syntax and stuff like that.

In the C# 3.0 spec the Expression trees (26.8) are slipped in right at the end with the promise of another specification to describe them.

By Steven Shaw II at 2006-02-01 01:00 | LtU Forum | 5 comments | other blogs | 5839 reads

What is a monad, why should I use it, and when is it appropriate?

What is a monad, why should I use it, and when is it appropriate?

Can anyone answer this in a post without showing code? And if possible, relate it to OO concepts like classes and delegates.

By Jonathan Allen at 2006-02-01 01:17 | LtU Forum | 30 comments | other blogs | 28896 reads