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It's a common misconception that programming languages must deal with side-effects. A program can be a pure function if it is a single function that takes para
by by 17y ago
It's a common misconception that programming languages must deal with side-effects. A program can be a pure function if it is a single function that takes parameters when it is run and it returns a set of results when it exits. Interactive programs which take a sequence of inputs or generate a sequence of outputs as they are running have to deal with side-effects.
- tel 17y agoIs it another change to HN that handles don't show up sometimes? Any background for this change or is it a bug?
- daeken 17y agoHis name is 'by'.
- tel 17y agoOh! I'm so trained to seeing the "X points by somebody" I didn't even think of that.
- by 17y agoGiggle. It was my little joke that it used to say 'by by'. Maybe I'll have to think of a new username now the adjacent 'by' has gone. It's only an invented username. I know HN likes real names, but I didn't want to be completely public.