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Re:CEO Larry Page defends Google on the stand: “Declaring co... by amelius on Friday May 20, 2016 @04:44AM (#11736352)
Does this mean that all code written in pure functional languages is not code, since it does not "do" anything?
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Re:CEO Larry Page defends Google on the stand: “Declaring co... by echion on Friday May 20, 2016 @05:11AM (#11736468)
It describes calculations or operations, so functional code still seems to perform or describe some actions.

Constraint logic programs seem more of the grey area I think you're talking about. Is a set of constraints "code" (c.f. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Prolog/Solving_a_Logic_Puzzle#... )?

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Re:CEO Larry Page defends Google on the stand: “Declaring co... by mseepgood on Friday May 20, 2016 @08:15AM (#11737142)
What if I perform calculations with C++ type declarations? C++ templates are Turing-complete after all.
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Re:CEO Larry Page defends Google on the stand: “Declaring co... by rootlocus on Friday May 20, 2016 @06:22AM (#11736739)
You're confusing declarations with declarative.
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