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Which language? C++? Java? Both now have closures. Closures aren't the indicator that a programming language is functional; I need something more - though I adm

by tomp 12y ago

Which language? C++? Java? Both now have closures. Closures aren't the indicator that a programming language is functional; I need something more - though I admit that I'm mostly used to static functional languages, I guess ADTs are not so useful in a dynamic language.

dragonwriter 12y ago
As with any programming paradigm, its not really useful to think of "functional" as a binary feature of programming languages, but rather an approach for which programming languages have varying degrees of support.
pjmlp 12y ago
At very least it needs to be able to have directly support for lambda calculus.