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Yes, the 'minor scaffolding' has side effects. That's why I said it wasn't controversial.
by walrus 14y ago
Yes, the 'minor scaffolding' has side effects. That's why I said it wasn't controversial.
- qu4z-2 14y agoThe side effects in the scaffolding are purely an implementation detail. For non-interactive use (like a compiler) you could implement the program as a function taking and returning a string.
- walrus 14y agoHow would I invoke a compiler that isn't interactive? The act of invoking it is the interactivity.