Re:Teenage Haskell
by mpweiher on Saturday June 28, 2014 @05:51AM
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> It depends on how much math they have behind them.
Very much so, and also depends very much on the problem at hand. Yes, compilers and yet another RB-Tree implementation can be great in FP. Most real-world problems aren't that. In fact, most real world problems I have encountered (and see) tend to be massively about manipulating state. Often they do little else than shuffle data around.
I sometimes think "computers" are misnamed, because they do so little actual "computation". "Data around-shufflers" might be more appropriate.
Very much so, and also depends very much on the problem at hand. Yes, compilers and yet another RB-Tree implementation can be great in FP. Most real-world problems aren't that. In fact, most real world problems I have encountered (and see) tend to be massively about manipulating state. Often they do little else than shuffle data around.
I sometimes think "computers" are misnamed, because they do so little actual "computation". "Data around-shufflers" might be more appropriate.