No, it was not a troll. The thing is, I sort of know the answer, but it never fully reaches my inner understanding, and at the same time I'm interested in it, s

No, it was not a troll. The thing is, I sort of know the answer, but it never fully reaches my inner understanding, and at the same time I'm interested in it, so I just asked the core issue of what I'm always wondering in the most simple form... Maybe I should just actually try it with a functional language, but never get around to do it.