Function pointers/delegates

[Craig Black]

"S" <S at s.com> wrote in message news:fin4j6$1hks$1 at digitalmars.com...
> real function(real x) y = function real(real x) { return sqrt( 1 - x * 
> x ); };
>
> Is it just me or does it seem odd that real and function are swapped on 
> one side?
> I can kind of see this if it's for single-pass parsing, but isn't there a 
> better way?
>
> It's not intuitive at all.

I like the way C# 3.0 does anonymous functions.  I believe the idea comes 
from Nemerle.  It would be something like:

real function(real x) y = real <= (real x) { return sqrt(1 - x*x); };