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Re:Why Programming Languages Matter [video] by markusde on Saturday October 28, 2023 @01:34PM (#38051784)
You're mixing up functional programming with an execution model for functional languages. These are not the same.
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Re:Why Programming Languages Matter [video] by charcircuit on Saturday October 28, 2023 @01:51PM (#38051940)
Research around functional languages involves their execution models. Even ignoring execution models immutability is a staple of functional programming which is not good for performance.
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