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Re:Loopt: server engineer - Knowledge of a procedural langua... by elq on Monday June 11, 2007 @03:24PM (#27311)
Erlang and Lisp aren't exactly canonical examples of procedural programming languages.
Re:Loopt: server engineer - Knowledge of a procedural langua... by machine on Tuesday June 12, 2007 @02:24AM (#27409)
I don't see it on there, they must have taken it down. That said, Lisp isn't a really a pure functional language either if that is what you are implying (setf). I don't know enough about Erlang to say anything about that. It is odd that they specify "procedural" though. Anyone that knows a programming language probably knows a procedural programming language.
Re:Loopt: server engineer - Knowledge of a procedural langua... by jey on Monday June 11, 2007 @07:17PM (#27356)
This has been pointed out to them (months ago), but they haven't fixed their posting.
Re:Loopt: server engineer - Knowledge of a procedural langua... by elq on Monday June 11, 2007 @08:02PM (#27367)
That's really pathetic. Me thinks they're not going to get the best qualified people with that kind of attitude.
Re:Loopt: server engineer - Knowledge of a procedural langua... by brlewis on Tuesday June 12, 2007 @09:58AM (#27468)
No, but they look like procedural programming languages to people who are deep into, for example, Haskell. Maybe loopt wants to present itself as on the forefront of functional programming.