Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED]!
On 21-Nov-99, you wrote:
a> I was complaining to Jeff that it is more `procedural' than
a> `functional', though. If you take a look at the scripts that
a> people write, and in particular the `functions' that they
a> write, you will notice that the large majority of them work by
a> modifying either their arguments or some global state
a> variables (a `procedural' style). Very few of them are written
a> to solely return a new value based on their arguments
a> ('functional' style).
It think the reason is simple: most of use are accostumed to
procedural languages. Furthermore, when you are working on a big
series, copying may slow down the code a lot, and consume memory.
Regards,
Gabriele.
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