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Re:Type Theory and Functional Programming (1999) [pdf] by layer8 on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @03:02PM (#45441822)
Well, once it quacks like an imperative duck, what’s really the difference?
Re:Type Theory and Functional Programming (1999) [pdf] by implicit on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @08:35PM (#45445241)
Right!

Over the last 3 or 4 decades, our procedural and OO languages have slowly been absorbing the best ideas from "FP languages." We're getting to the stage where the very idea of a "functional language" is eroding.