Re: Functional programming? (RPN -v- Algebraic)
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- Subject: [mg92107] Re: Functional programming? (RPN -v- Algebraic)
- From: AES <siegman at stanford.edu>
- Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:59:00 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Stanford University
An hour or so ago I submitted a post with closing paragraph: Which is why, in that situation, I fire up Mathematica in the laptop rather than reaching for the calculator, and start writing functional rather than procedural code. (I trust you all appreciate the double entendre here: functional programming is the functional way to solve problems and get answers). which obviously should have read: Which is why, in that situation, I fire up Mathematica in the laptop rather than reaching for the calculator, and start writing PROCEDURAL rather than FUNCTIONAL code. (I trust you all appreciate the double entendre here: PROCEDURAL programming is the FUNCTIONAL way to solve problems and get answers). Apologies for the confusion (whether you agree with the conclusion or not). I shouldn't try to hastily catch up on newsgroup reading the morning after a 24-hour airline mal-adventure, while still only half functional myself.