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Unless you're going to argue that Wikipedia's classification is entirely wrong, the array languages are certainly functional.
by theseoafs 12y ago
Unless you're going to argue that Wikipedia's classification is entirely wrong, the array languages are certainly functional.
- klibertp 12y agoOn the J Wikipedia page there's this sentence: Like the original FP/FL languages, J supports function-level programming via its tacit programming features (note that function-level programming is not the same as functional programming). As I said, it's unclear to me what the difference is, but that's what I based my previous comment on.
- theseoafs 12y agoThat sentence only means to say that J supports function-level programming, which itself is different from functional programming. The very same Wikipedia page also calls J a functional language -- the fact that it supports function-level programming doesn't contradict the fact that it also supports functional programming.