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I think immutability is more important than "functional styles" and "function as first class citizen" to a "functional" language
by yyhhsj0521 10y ago
I think immutability is more important than "functional styles" and "function as first class citizen" to a "functional" language
- int_19h 10y agoSo, would you call e.g. XQuery 1.0 a functional language? It didn't have first-class functions at all, but it was completely immutable. Or, say, SQL sans stored procedures? I think the more appropriate term in this case is "declarative". "Functional" really implies something having to do with functions.