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What's in a name: eval vs apply.Compositional functional languages like Cat and Joy require an explicit function application operation. I was calling the function application operation in Cat "eval", as in evaluate function, but this carries with it the stigma of the "eval" operation in JavaScript and other languages that operates on strings. So what's a language designer to do? Joy uses "i" which I dislike intensely. Someone suggested "exec" but that for me sounds too imperative. I am currently leaning towards "app" as a mnemonic for "apply". Any thoughts on what the function application operator should be called? By cdiggins at 2007-05-17 21:15 | LtU Forum | previous forum topic | next forum topic | other blogs | 8991 reads
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