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I stopped listening when she said 'code and data are the same thing in a functional language'. Well not really, code and data are the same in a homoiconic langu
by jon6 14y ago
I stopped listening when she said 'code and data are the same thing in a functional language'. Well not really, code and data are the same in a homoiconic language, but really any language with sufficient reflection capabilities can mix code and data. It has nothing to do with being functional.
- debacle 14y agoBut all functional languages are Lisp, right?
- spacemanaki 14y agoNot sure if you're being facetious, but no, not all functional languages are Lisps. Haskell, ML, Ocaml, and Scala all come to mind as functional languages that are far from Lisp.
- debacle 14y agoI was being facetious. Sorry.