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Re:Functional programming is finally going mainstream by tadfisher on Friday July 15, 2022 @02:36PM (#32111385)
That's not a very useful program.
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Re:Functional programming is finally going mainstream by ncmncm on Saturday July 16, 2022 @12:54AM (#32115324)
It is the first stage of every useful program.

Add to it, and show that it still terminates, uses finite memory, introduces no data races or undefined behavior, and maybe computes a step toward something useful.

Repeat until done.

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