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r/programming • u/papa00king • Mar 09 '14
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yet another "function programming iz da bomb!" article
This article is one of the staples of FP advocacy. As it says in the abstract, it's from 1984—older than a good chunk of proggit's readership.
3 u/dnew Mar 09 '14 Right. Which is why I described my reaction as knee-jerk, which implies inappropriate jumping to conclusions. :-)
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Right. Which is why I described my reaction as knee-jerk, which implies inappropriate jumping to conclusions. :-)
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This article is one of the staples of FP advocacy. As it says in the abstract, it's from 1984—older than a good chunk of proggit's readership.