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Making things like if/else/switch statements true expressions is a great feature, but I'm not sure it deserves a new foo-oriented programming buzzword.
by kenbot 14y ago
Making things like if/else/switch statements true expressions is a great feature, but I'm not sure it deserves a new foo-oriented programming buzzword.
- Rickasaurus 14y agoThe reason I suggested it is because functional has been so badly perverted. We need a term that evokes the actual spirit/philosophy of the language, not just the heritage.
- Jebus 14y agoTrue, this is just a feature. I found it very useful in Ruby, but I don't see how a paradigm can be built on top of that.