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I think it's called functional because it emerges from the lambda calculus (truly just lambdas at the bottom) – but note this definition excludes javascript-wit

I think it's called functional because it emerges from the lambda calculus (truly just lambdas at the bottom) – but note this definition excludes javascript-with-immutability as well as clojure, not sure if lisp counts

pyrale 6y ago
They all count. It's like an athletics competition: everyone is an athlete even if not all people compete in the same discipline, or reach the same performances.