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Well, for example, Haskell obviously makes heavy use of functions, which are from maths. Procedures, on the other hand, aren't. In maths, you often write somet

Well, for example, Haskell obviously makes heavy use of functions, which are from maths. Procedures, on the other hand, aren't. In maths, you often write something like let x = ... An imperative language statement like x = x + 1; isn't something you see in maths, that is not a valid equation.

agos 12y ago
it's very similar to Recurrence Equations, minus the time indication (the absence of which is the cause for a number of bugs).