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Re:Why are there no big applications written using functiona... by lispm on Wednesday February 24, 2010 @08:44AM (#1147957)
Emacs is not written in a particular 'functional' style. Not a good example for Functional Programming.
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Re:Why are there no big applications written using functiona... by pohl on Wednesday February 24, 2010 @10:15AM (#1148136)
That makes the question that the author is trying to brush aside all the more interesting.
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