> For example, it's more likely you'll say something like 'give candy to these kids' or 'wash these cars' That's one of the reasons I like functional programmi

> For example, it's more likely you'll say something like 'give candy to these kids' or 'wash these cars' That's one of the reasons I like functional programming. In ML-style languages you have something like `Set.map giveCandy kids`, which is both concise and close to natural language. Comprehensions are also cool in my book, because they're very close to set-builder notation.