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Thanks, but the comment you linked to is just a list of disagreements without explanations (whose author even admits it later by stating that "simple ridicule i

by Ace17 10y ago

Thanks, but the comment you linked to is just a list of disagreements without explanations (whose author even admits it later by stating that "simple ridicule is both easier to write and more entertaining to read" (!)). I was hoping for something more tangible. Searching wikipedia doesn't support the author's claims about FP ( things like "FP is about higher-order abstraction facilities, not immutability").

kragen 10y ago
Yeah, I didn't bother to explain in depth how things really are, because that would have required an order of magnitude more effort than just listing Bob's absurd nonsense claims, which is adequate for my audience. I'm sorry that Wikipedia isn't sufficiently clear and correct to replace knowing what you're talking about, and I'd fix that if I knew how, but I don't. Teaching difficult ways of thinking, in person, to people who trust and respect you, is already hard enough. Trying to teach them to random people on the internet who think you're quite possibly full of shit and may not even bother reading to the end of what you write, that's an exercise in futility. Forgive me if I don't accept the implied invitation.