James wrote:
> ->Right. Could you please shoot the person who taught you this before
> ->they do any more damage :)
>
> that would be a pleasure :) he's also the same person that taught me
> declarative programming
That's *really* odd. Someone with a functional programming background
would never add at the tail.
> (euugh! so slow and nasty) and recursion (has a few uses... maybe)
I think that I would have to disagree most strongly with both of those
remarks.
Functional techniques are far more useful than a lot of programmers
realise. The fact that they aren't used all that much in typical
programs is more a reflection of a lack of awareness than of a lack of
usefulness.
--
Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
