http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2009/07/08/book-club-why-noone-uses-functional-languages-philip-wadler/ Thoughts on Software Development Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:38:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2009/07/08/book-club-why-noone-uses-functional-languages-philip-wadler/comment-page-1/#comment-19804 Ola Bini Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:25:51 +0000 http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/?p=1428#comment-19804 You should be a bit careful generalizing Lisp as a functional language - especially in the context you're talking about (Graham's Viaweb). Graham never used Lisp as a very functional language at all, instead relying on other paradigms of Lisp to be successful. (Such as heavy macro-based metaprogramming). You should be a bit careful generalizing Lisp as a functional language – especially in the context you're talking about (Graham's Viaweb). Graham never used Lisp as a very functional language at all, instead relying on other paradigms of Lisp to be successful. (Such as heavy macro-based metaprogramming).

]]> http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2009/07/08/book-club-why-noone-uses-functional-languages-philip-wadler/comment-page-1/#comment-19785 Mark Needham Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:07:03 +0000 http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/?p=1428#comment-19785 Good point, forgout about Clojure while I was writing that bit! Good point, forgout about Clojure while I was writing that bit!

]]> http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2009/07/08/book-club-why-noone-uses-functional-languages-philip-wadler/comment-page-1/#comment-19780 arthur Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:22:54 +0000 http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/?p=1428#comment-19780 clojure is another pragmatic option. it has easier java access than scala (opinion). It is geared toward programming multicore systems clojure is another pragmatic option. it has easier java access than scala (opinion). It is geared toward programming multicore systems

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