Function vs. Procedure
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg37114] Function vs. Procedure
- From: Steven <hattons at speakeasy.net>
- Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 03:20:49 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Is there a logically fundamental difference between functional and procedural programming? What I mean to ask is, can we do exactly the same thing with purely functional approaches as we can with purely procedural approaches? Is this basically the recursive verses iterative distinction? Why would one chose one approach over the other? STH