Re:What are potential disadvantages of functional programming?
by charlysl on Friday July 28, 2017 @05:54AM
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In the same spirit:
The nice thing about declarative programming is that you can write a specification and run it as a program. The nasty thing about declarative programming is that some clear specifications make incredibly bad programs. The hope of declarative programming is that you can move a specification to a reasonable program without leaving the language.
- The Craft of Prolog, Richard O'Keefe (1990) (copied from CTM)
The nice thing about declarative programming is that you can write a specification and run it as a program. The nasty thing about declarative programming is that some clear specifications make incredibly bad programs. The hope of declarative programming is that you can move a specification to a reasonable program without leaving the language. - The Craft of Prolog, Richard O'Keefe (1990) (copied from CTM)