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Right, the incorrect and quite pointless common use of "referential transparency" in FP fan circles tends to throw people off when they first see and understand
by pron 3y ago
Right, the incorrect and quite pointless common use of "referential transparency" in FP fan circles tends to throw people off when they first see and understand the actual meaning of the term.
- whateveracct 3y agoWell it's not pointless. The term as used in FP has a pretty well-defined meaning [1] and it is a quality only some programs have. And a program having that quality enhances (fast-and-loose) equational reasoning. [1] I can point at most Java code and prove how it fails the definition. It's not especially hand-wavey.