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Re:Functional Programming Doesn’t Work (and what to do about... by ajross on Tuesday December 29, 2009 @12:58PM (#1020888)
Remember that the "FP approach" can be used in so-called "imperative" languages too. The reverse isn't as true.
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Re:Functional Programming Doesn’t Work (and what to do about... by omouse on Tuesday December 29, 2009 @01:06PM (#1020909)
The reverse is true. Just modify the language. I don't see why people are insisting on this "purity" in approaches. It's obviously leading to difficulties.
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Re:Functional Programming Doesn’t Work (and what to do about... by foldr on Wednesday December 30, 2009 @05:31AM (#1022253)
Pure has a specific technical meaning here relating to the absence of side effects.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_function

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