Why is learning functional programming so damned hard? (2019)

Re:Why is learning functional programming so damned hard? (2... by byroot on Sunday August 15, 2021 @06:32PM (#28193162)

It's not "front" and "back" it's "left side of the boat" and "right side of the boat".

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Re:Why is learning functional programming so damned hard? (2... by WalterBright on Sunday August 15, 2021 @06:59PM (#28193340)

More correctly, the "left side of the boat" and "no, the other left side of the boat."

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Re:Why is learning functional programming so damned hard? (2... by IIAOPSW on Sunday August 15, 2021 @06:58PM (#28193337)

Oops.

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Re:Why is learning functional programming so damned hard? (2... by swiley on Sunday August 15, 2021 @07:11PM (#28193424)

I'm sorry you got downvoted, it's a reasonable question to ask and I would have voted it up if my noprocrast hadn't run out.

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Re:Why is learning functional programming so damned hard? (2... by raxxorrax on Monday August 16, 2021 @08:34AM (#28197295)

Aft and forward would be back and front.

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