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Re:Total Functional Programming [pdf] by lomnakkus on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @04:11PM (#12647374)
> That is "useful despite being sub-turing".

This has been called being "Pacman Complete" by Edwin Brady. I very nice catchy term, IMO.

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Re:Total Functional Programming [pdf] by skybrian on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @11:00PM (#12649910)
I like that. A search doesn't find anything relevant, though. Got a reference?
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Re:Total Functional Programming [pdf] by 14113 on Thursday October 06, 2016 @07:29AM (#12651571)
Edwin didn't coin it - but he did popularise it: https://twitter.com/edwinbrady/status/384671269490540544
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Re:Total Functional Programming [pdf] by lomnakkus on Thursday October 06, 2016 @11:27AM (#12653273)
Ah, nice reference. The first time I heard it used was in one of his talks.
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