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> Doubtless the first difference that jumps out at you is that one of these programs is written using a beautiful, familiar surface syntax that makes you feel r
by omn1 13y ago
> Doubtless the first difference that jumps out at you is that one of these programs is written using a beautiful, familiar surface syntax that makes you feel right at home, while the other uses an ugly, foreign notation that makes your eyes glaze over.
I love that sentence. A sharp-witted summary of the recent imperative vs. functional discussion.
- qb45 13y agoI love it too. Having grown up on assembly and C, I have no doubt which of these programs makes me feel right at home and which my eyes glazed over :) But OTOH I recently worked on porting some ancient non-modular imperative code to work on newer systems and I have to agree that imperative programs can be evil.
- dandrews 13y ago"One is a genius, the other's insane."