Re: [LINK] Functional Programming

2014-07-10 Thread Stephen Loosley
Rick (and Jim) note, Facebook went with a novel programming methodology, called functional programming, Novel, eh? .. Novel to the reporter does not novel make. Yes, indeed true Rick :-) Mind you, I also think this reporter has indeed spotted the beginningof a major new direction

Re: [LINK] Functional Programming

2014-07-09 Thread Rick Welykochy
Stephen Loosley wrote: Facebook uses functional programming to make News Feeds run smoothly Functional programming has been instrumental in helping debug complex code issues, one Facebook development team has found By Joab Jackson 08 July, 2014 http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/549435 Whao

Re: [LINK] Functional Programming

2014-07-09 Thread Jim Birch
On 10 July 2014 01:35, Rick Welykochy wrote: Novel, eh? Indeed. Microsoft has their functional programming language (F#) as part of Visual Studio. Therefore, functional programming isn't novel. :) Jim ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au