Nested Function

I've recently started nesting functions far more than I used to and I wondered whether nesting functions has any drawbacks. Nesting functions? (fine/bad)

nESTING FUNCTIONS IN WHICH LANGUAGE? (tHERE'S DIFFERENT EFFECTS IN EACH OBVIOUSLY). wHICH IS TO SAY, IF YOUR LANGUAGE HAS THE ANONYMOUS FUNCTION FEATURE - LAMBDA EXPRESSIONS - USE IT WHEN RECURSION IS NOT NECESSARY INSIDE THE BODY (UNLESS YOUR LANGUAGE SOLVES THIS PROBLEM IN A MORE CONVENIENT WAY, cl CAN DO THAT WITH MACROS AND PEOPLE HAVE PROVIDED ANONYMOUS LAMBDA FUNCTIONS THAT RECURSE IN THE FUNCTION THEY DESIGNATE), OR IF THE FUNCTION NEEDS TO BE USED MULTIPLE TIMES IN YOUR EXPRESSION/FOLLOWING CODE. (TYPING THE ANONYMOUS EXPRESSION MULTIPLE TIMES IS STUPID AND MIGHT NOT BE THE SAME IF THERE'S SIDE EFFECTS, I.E. CLOSURE)

C but I also use it in Common Lisp.

Translating this shit:

(map 'string (lambda (x) (if (upper-case-p x) (char-downcase x) (char-upcase x))) "nESTING FUNCTIONS IN WHICH LANGUAGE? (tHERE'S DIFFERENT EFFECTS IN EACH OBVIOUSLY). wHICH IS TO SAY, IF YOUR LANGUAGE HAS THE ANONYMOUS FUNCTION FEATURE - LAMBDA EXPRESSIONS - USE IT WHEN RECURSION IS NOT NECESSARY INSIDE THE BODY (UNLESS YOUR LANGUAGE SOLVES THIS PROBLEM IN A MORE CONVENIENT WAY, cl CAN DO THAT WITH MACROS AND PEOPLE HAVE PROVIDED ANONYMOUS LAMBDA FUNCTIONS THAT RECURSE IN THE FUNCTION THEY DESIGNATE), OR IF THE FUNCTION NEEDS TO BE USED MULTIPLE TIMES IN YOUR EXPRESSION/FOLLOWING CODE. (TYPING THE ANONYMOUS EXPRESSION MULTIPLE TIMES IS STUPID AND MIGHT NOT BE THE SAME IF THERE'S SIDE EFFECTS, I.E. CLOSURE"))

"Nesting functions in which language? (There's different effects in each obviously). Which is to say, if your language has the anonymous function feature - lambda expressions - use it when recursion is not necessary inside the body (unless your language solves this problem in a more convenient way, CL can do that with macros and people have provided anonymous lambda functions that recurse in the function they designate), or if the function needs to be used multiple times in your expression/following code. (typing the anonymous expression multiple times is stupid and might not be the same if there's side effects, i.e. closure"

>>3
nESTED FUNCTIONS IN C ARE NOT A STANDARD FEATURE. yOU SHOULD HAD MENTIONED THE RELEVANT IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS, NEVERTHELESS I'LL ASSUME YOU'RE USING gnu c WHICH USES THIS. yOUR MAJOR CONCERNS HERE ARE THESE: 1- iF YOU'RE WORRYING ABOUT EFFICIENCY (AND YOU'VE NOTICED SOME BOTTLENECK OBVIOUSLY), YOU WON'T HAVE THE OPTION TO REWRITE THE PROJECT FROM SCRATCH USING A DIFFERENT IMPLEMENTATION, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS A SOLO TO FIND THE IMPLEMENTATION-DETAILS OF THE PARTICULAR IMPLEMENTATION YOU'RE SUBMITTING TO, NAME gnu c, AND FIND HOW THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING THINGS. yOU CAN IMAGINE YOU'RE fUCKED (NOTE THE CAPITALIZATION ON THE WORD), BECAUSE THE REST WILL SIMPLY BLAME YOU. pROJECT GETS MORE REFUNDS, YOU'RE FIRED, SALAM FROM INDIA IS HIRED. cU! yES MOTHERFUCKER, NESTED C FUNCTIONS MIGHT CAUSE JOB LOSS FROM INDIAN CHOCOLATE SMALL(SMELLY?) MAN. cl - NOW i DIGG THAT SHIT. 2- yOU'RE MAKING YOUR SOFTWARE COMPLETELY SUBMITTED TO GNU - THERE'S OBVIOUSLY NO WAY ANYONE ELSE OTHER THAN GNU HAS IMPLEMENTED gnu c (nOTE I'M TALKING ABOUT THE GNU EXTENSION OF C, NOT THE LIBC, ACTUALLY, IF YOU HAVEN'T REALIZED THAT BY NOW, YOU'VE COMPLETELY MISUNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING I WROTE AND YOU'RE BY FAR MOST CONFUSED BY NOW. FUCK YOU!). tHAT MAKES IT GNU SOFTWARE. iF THAT'S FINE BY YOU, KEEP DOING IT. 3- tHIS IS NOT SO POPULAR AMONG SOFTWARE, IT MIGHT BE LIKELY THAT YOU ACTUALLY OBFUSCATE THINGS (AT LEAST, TO OTHERS THEY SEEM OBFUSCATED), AND YOU'RE ALSO COMMITING YOURSELF TO THEM, WHICH MEANS YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO "NORMAL" c. iF YOU REMEMBER PREVIOUSLY i MADE AN ASSUMPTION THAT YOU'RE USING gnu c. rEGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU ACTUALLY USE, ALL THIS TEXT UP TO NOW APPLIES.

>>5
I don't actually use GNU C. But still useful. I didn't realize that it wasn't a standard feature of C. I thought they might have added it in with the 99 standard. Thanks for the help TTE.

functions are for lamers.
i write all my programs as one large monolithic main() and then use goto statements to navigate around.

>>7
Please tell me you program for a living! PLEASE!

>>7
u a realz programmmer!