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Re:Pyret: A new programming language from the creators of Ra... by tel on Saturday November 09, 2013 @07:58PM (#6704485)
Given that Pyret is functional, there's a good chance there will be an emphasis on simple, pure functions.

Beyond that, I'd agree completely. Doctests, for instance, are quite terrible when you can't fit all of the logic into one line, but then I think it's usually a sign of a well-designed function when it's good a good enough interface to get a few pithy doctests in.

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Re:Pyret: A new programming language from the creators of Ra... by skrishnamurthi on Sunday November 10, 2013 @08:23AM (#6706336)
Though Pyret is not pure, our emphasis is heavily on "functional first", even for objects. We believe state should be used carefully and for good reasons. HtDP (www.htdp.org) has two whole chapters on state at the end, giving design recipes for their use, and I'm revising some of these in PAPL (papl.cs.brown.edu/2013/).
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