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From: minforth@gmx.net (minforth)
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Subject: Re: Back & Forth - Co-routines
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 08:18:41 +0000
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On Sun, 9 Feb 2025 7:07:11 +0000, Paul Rubin wrote:

> minforth@gmx.net (minforth) writes:
>> Thanks, that makes sense. Each call to the outer function
>> creates a data record for (the contexts of) each of its inner
>> closure(s). The context records need to be managed somehow.
>
> Most languages with closures also have garbage collection, or anyway
> scope-controlled deallocation like in C++.  It may not be obvious, but
> closures are sort of the same thing as OOP, just viewed from a different
> angle.  Storage for the internal data of OOP instances has to be managed
> in about the same way.

I found a good article that starts with an anecdote about Anton :-)
https://kidneybone.com/c2/wiki/ClosuresAndObjectsAreEquivalent