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I think that Clojure's success is proof positive that explicit tail recursion and lazy sequences is sufficient to do meaningful FP in the absence of proper tail

I think that Clojure's success is proof positive that explicit tail recursion and lazy sequences is sufficient to do meaningful FP in the absence of proper tail calls. However, even if you insist that it is somehow not "full", who cares? Clojure is about practicality, not appeasing some platonic ideals. And I say this as some one who would very much appreciate having proper tail calls.

marcosdumay 10y ago
Of course, having lazy sequences and functions for manipulating them is better than not having them. Yet that's such a small part of what FP has to offer that it isn't funny.
- brandonbloom 10y ago
  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Extremist views are not particularly useful in engineering, despite their utility is science.