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I second Clojure for a functional programming language on the JVM. Why anyone would want to do functional programming in Java is really beyond my comprehension

by sp4rki 16y ago

I second Clojure for a functional programming language on the JVM. Why anyone would want to do functional programming in Java is really beyond my comprehension though.

moondowner 16y ago
Scala is and object oriented and functional. People don't count it in the functional languages listings because it's not a pure functional language, that's all. Here's a nice 108 page presentation, named Pragmatic Real-World Scala. http://www.slideshare.net/rawwell/pragmaticrealworldscalajfokus200912332510764413842pdf-1898530 http://www.slideshare.net/rawwell/pragmaticrealworldscalajfo...