[plt-scheme] Functional Abstraction in Java

[hendrik at topoi.pooq.com]

On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 10:49:15AM -0400, hendrik at topoi.pooq.com wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 02:45:01PM -0400, Matthias Felleisen wrote:
> > 
> > I think an OO method should involve 'this'. If it doesn't, it's a  
> > function. In this spirit, the command pattern for these abstractions  
>                ^^^^
> 
> AHA!  This post is a method, not a function!
> 
> (And this ambiguity about 'this' is why I use "self' instead of 'this' 
> -- when I get the chance.)

Contrast with

> (And self ambiguity about 'self' is why I use "this' instead of 'self' 
> -- when I don't get the chance.)

I seem to be feeling rather silly today.

-- hendrik