On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 04:28:12PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote:

> first also makes people use c++ as a functional language instead of as an OO
> language.

Just to get the terminology right: I figure you meant "procedural".

"Fuctional language" is the CS term for a language in which functions
are pure and have no side-effects. This is what LISP originally aimed at.

I'll refrain from further commenting on the off-topic thread.Should be
an interesting topic for discussion on hackers-il.

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