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nv-vn has given a good explanation. When I said "[FP] started in the 50s or the 70s (depending on where you draw the line)" I was implicitly referring to Lisp (
by noelwelsh 11y ago
nv-vn has given a good explanation. When I said "[FP] started in the 50s or the 70s (depending on where you draw the line)" I was implicitly referring to Lisp (1958) and to Scheme and ML (1970s). Although Scheme does not have a static type system it is culturally a functional programming language and has had a large influence on the field.