itsbruce

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   by itsbruce 7y ago

   There's more to the admittedly fuzzy-edged concept of functional programming than function application. I'd agree with you that the feature list is more important than a vaguer title. That's something Robet Harper talks abou
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   by itsbruce 7y ago

   Point free style possible in languages like Haskell and SML where the syntax makes it practical. Haskell and SML make it easy, Scala does not. If you made an OOP language with the right syntax features, you could have point-free style in
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   by itsbruce 7y ago

   That is not what the article said. You are being just the kind of asshole the author complains about.
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   by itsbruce 7y ago

   "The quality of roads is relevant, but not really the answer. Bicycles can be ridden on dirt roads or sidewalks" Bicycles can only be ridden safely on rough surfaces with good pneumatic tyres. As for the sidewalks, 1) their quali
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   by itsbruce 8y ago

   Some information about the early years is gone; people were often too busy to write down what they were doing. But there's enough still around that it's even gone recursive http://kameken.clique.jp/Lectures/L