> [Functional programming] is a [what it is], rather than a sequence of imperative statements which update the running state of the program. (defparameter *m

> [Functional programming] is a [what it is], rather than a sequence of imperative statements which update the running state of the program. (defparameter *my-var* 0) (dotimes (i 10) (incf *my-var*)) Couldn't be functional :)