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The author quotes a definition > A functional language is a language that supports and encourages programming in a functional style. Seems rather circular
by rajman187 7y ago
The author quotes a definition
> A functional language is a language that supports and encourages programming in a functional style.
Seems rather circular
- hans1729 7y ago> Seems rather circular * recurrent seems more appropriate in this context :-)
- DarkWiiPlayer 7y agomore than circular, it offloads the meaning to another term, which is the functional style. Just read a dictionary, you'll see this happen lots of time, where, for example, the definition of an adjective just references the definition of a related noun and that's it.