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Re:Functional Programming Doesn’t Work (and what to do about... by baguasquirrel on Tuesday December 29, 2009 @03:33AM (#1020229)
I can say: a' = a + 1

What's so confusing about that? This is not a shortcoming of FP.

Re:Functional Programming Doesn’t Work (and what to do about... by omouse on Tuesday December 29, 2009 @03:42AM (#1020238)
Yeah, it was a weird thing for him to mention.