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In which there is no such thing as a functional programming language
- setr 6y agoBy the same argument, there aren’t any procedural languages — only languages that encourage procedural logic. This is true of all descriptors: declarative, logic, stack, etc. This is of course true... but a fairly pointless distinction to make — in much the same way claiming C++ and python are equivalent because they’re both Turing complete (therefore, no language can be superior to any other). It’s a claim that sounds insightful but is ultimately devoid of content.
- redis_mlc 6y ago> If you want to be even more pedantic Joel Spolsky called these guys "architecture astronauts", since if you look at anything from high enough, everything looks the same. But this is HN, and pedantry is our job.
- berniemadoff69 6y agoslightly confused why there is a giant picture of a car parked at a beach pasted alongside the entire article