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Except Lisp isn't a pure functional programming language. It has side-effects, no?
by bronxbomber92 14y ago
Except Lisp isn't a pure functional programming language. It has side-effects, no?
- espeed 14y agoSome Lisps are more functional than others. You're right though, a purely functional language has no side effects, but this is sometimes used loosely. To draw on another quote, this time from Rich Hickey, "A purely functional programming language is only good for heating your computer" :)