Can't resist. I've been in love with functional programming for years. I teach an introductory Haskell class. My goal is to get students to think at a higher level that functional programming facilitates.
P.S. The link in Owen's message wasn't created properly. Here's a correction: https://medium.com/@kentcdodds/classes-complexity-and-functional-programming-a8dd86903747 On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 9:19 AM Owen Densmore <[email protected]> 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 > > > 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 > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove -- Russ Abbott Professor, Computer Science California State University, Los Angeles
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