FWIW: I’ve been programming and teaching in R for quite a while, and have recently started working in Elixir (based on the Erlang virtual machine and process model) for web application development. The two languages have application spaces that are quite distinct.
. . . Bob > On Aug 11, 2017, at 10:19 AM, Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net> wrote: > > I know, I know, functional programming is as fun as hitting your head with a > brick. > > But this article does a nice job of showing how functional programming is > very Self-like: > https://me > <https://me/>dium.com/@kentcdodds/classes-complexity-and-functional-programming-a8dd86903747 > > <http://dium.com/@kentcdodds/classes-complexity-and-functional-programming-a8dd86903747> > > It's objects and functions all the way down, and for me the best is no > `this`. > > It is a bit scary letting go of "central control" Classes provide, very > human. I mean, who's *boss*? > > Do any of us *use* functional programming? > > -- Owen > > _______________________________________________ > Wedtech mailing list > wedt...@redfish.com > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/wedtech_redfish.com
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