Re: The importance and relevance of FP

[Ketil Malde]

Friedrich Dominicus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Could you explain why Lisp isn't a FP language?

Well, the obvious arguments would be that

: functions, while pretty first class objects, reside in their own
namespace, and need special operators.
: iteration and side effects are not particularly discouraged, and is
probably as common as recursion and purity in actual code.

-kzm
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