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[doc/announce/2011.03] a few changes
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Carl Masak committed Mar 6, 2011
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Expand Up @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ You will recall my earlier submissions on the same topic. To my great
disappointment, they were rejected by the esteemed fellows of the
committee, on the grounds that they didn't advance the state of the art
of Computer Science. Though immensely saddened by this verdict, I am
compelled, in retrospect, to agree.
compelled, in retrospect, to agree. The previous submissions were
all "official and complete", though hardly ground-breaking.

However, this month I bring before you an invention that I believe
has the potential to change how we think about computing machines and
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* It is even a possibility for a routine to invoke *itself*, or for two
or more routines to contain invocations of each other. While this may
seem like an especially perverted idea, early investigations reveal
that it might actually have real-world uses. I propose we leave the
ability in for now rather than dismiss it outright.
that this phenomenon (which I have chosen to call "invocation
reccurrence") might actually have real-world uses. I propose we leave
the ability in for now rather than dismiss it outright.

* There is also no *a priori* restriction on a routine being declared
inside another routine. This notion, however, truly *is* perverse and
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I believe that routines in computer programs are here to stay. In a
few decades, we might see them as something commonplace, almost mundane.

In the present release, I also wish to highlight the good work of my
associate, Tadeusz Sośnierz (tadzik). He has provided Yapsi with a
In the present release, I also wish to highlight the excellent work of
my associate, Tadeusz Sośnierz (tadzik). He has provided Yapsi with a
feature called a "REPL", which I also believe will be of some importance.

For a complete set of changes to this release, please refer to
doc/ChangeLog.

With that, there's only one thing that I wish to say to my esteemed
colleagues in the committee:

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