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Re:Why study functional programming? (2012) by kephasp on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @02:22PM (#32335172)
Look for actual examples in the wild that weren't error prone and I'd be surprised you'll find any.

I get that you can imagine it. I'm saying it wouldn't work in practice.

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Re:Why study functional programming? (2012) by kadoban on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @08:08PM (#32337887)
Searching wide and far for a data structure that's that niche in implementation is not really sensible, I'd probably have to implement one myself. If the sketch above doesn't satisfy you, that's about the end for me. Have a good one.
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Re:Why study functional programming? (2012) by kephasp on Sunday August 14, 2022 @03:58PM (#32462400)
You need to sketch it and possibly implement it yourself because actual examples don't exist. QED
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