Not sure if it was your intention to imply so, but neither Clojure nor Haskell* eschew side effects. However Haskell provides tools to manage side effects. I'm

Not sure if it was your intention to imply so, but neither Clojure nor Haskell* eschew side effects. However Haskell provides tools to manage side effects. I'm not sure about Clojure since I haven't dove into that pool yet. * I mention Haskell since there is a lot of FUD going around about Haskellers not using side effects.