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Pure functional programs either don't work or are bug free. At a high level the entire app can be viewed as one continuous evaluation, which is kind of beautif
by snarfy 12y ago
Pure functional programs either don't work or are bug free. At a high level the entire app can be viewed as one continuous evaluation, which is kind of beautiful. It could transfer to an FPGA without needing a von nuemann simulation.
- mercurial 12y agoFP isn't a silver bullet. A statically-typed function language with a strong type system will keep some classes of issues away. It will not, however, prevent logic errors or infinite loops or resource leaking.