Higher order functions in C

Question

Is there a \"proper\" way to implement higher order functions in C.

I\'m mostly curious about things like portability and syntax correctness here and if there are mo

Answer 1

It's very difficult to do in straight C. It's more possible in C++ (see functors tutorial or Boost's bind and function libraries). Finally, C++0x adds native support for lambda functions, which takes care for you of capturing in closure all of the variables that your funcion depends on.