export_to (Was: Re: the OO metaphor)

[Thomas Lindgren]

> In order to manage code change without killing the process, fun's
> should only be used for short tasks. By using a fun as the topmost
> function in long lived server processes, you will effectively force
> a kill of the process at next code change.

Good point, though the question it raises is whether the current code
replacement semantics for fun:s is what we want. Wouldn't it be more
useful if closures survived code change, for example? Why shouldn't
they?

		       Thomas
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