[Oz] Oz vs. Squeak

[Denys Duchier]

pvr at info.ucl.ac.be (Peter Van Roy) writes:

> > (BTW, I'm curious, why are they called functors in Oz?)
> 
> I'm not sure, I think it is because of the inspiration from ML functors.
> Someone else might be able to answer this!

Yes, that's what I originally had in mind; but then we further
developed the idea in the direction of modules; however, the name
stuck.  The rationalization of the idea today is that functors are
module constructors: they are applied through the mediation of a
module manager.

Cheers,

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