On 10/31/07, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote: > > On Wed, 31 Oct 2007, Bill Page wrote: > > | I think the lack of mutability in functional > | languages like Haskell is one of the harder things to get used > | to but at the same time one of it's greatest strengths. > > Haskell has imperative skin -- check out `monad'. >
Yes, I think that is a very good point and it does soften my point above a little. "lack of mutability" is misleading. Mutable structures can be modeled in Haskell as a derived concept. For example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monads_in_functional_programming (See especially references at the end of the article.) Using a purely functional language does not mean that imperative-style programming is impossible in that language. It might even be interesting to consider implementing something akin to monads in Aldor/SPAD, but I think you will agree that fundamentally these languages were not designed to be purely functional. Regards, Bill Page. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ open-axiom-devel mailing list open-axiom-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open-axiom-devel
