-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > Even so, in a functional language without iteration, when you have to > maintain multiple pieces of state simultaneously, those algorithms break > down and you wind up carrying a *lot* of extra state into a recursion to > do the same actions as you would with an iteration.
So, functional programming advocates will point out that as arduous as it is for the compiler to maintain multiple pieces of state simultaneously, it is far more arduous for programmers to do the same... at least to do it correctly. ;-) - --Chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGfH7lOagjPOywMBARAuHhAKDwwcicwgbUuUhP4YTXTPIlO6rU7wCfSPD8 Iw9y8eVYjNmEEq/2y+Gd8u8= =i74P -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
