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TL;DR what mathematicians call functions, programmers call pure functions, and nobody told the author. It's like someone saying to a scientist, "that's just a
by svachalek 10y ago
TL;DR what mathematicians call functions, programmers call pure functions, and nobody told the author.
It's like someone saying to a scientist, "that's just a theory, man."
- reikonomusha 10y agoThe author used, more or less, a mathematician's definition.
- pron 10y ago> what mathematicians call functions, programmers call pure functions Even that's not precise. What mathematicians call computable functions, programmers call total, pure functions, and even then only as an approximation.