On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Paul Barry <pauljbar...@gmail.com> wrote: > I thought that first place I heard it was Rich mentioning it in one of the > videos on http://clojure.blip.tv, but I can't find it. >
That certainly didn't originate with me. Probably from the Haskell folks. Rich > On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkm...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> I'm trying to recall where I heard a quote that goes something like this. >> >> "If none of your functions have side effects then all you're doing is >> heating up the processor." >> >> Of course you should avoid side effects in most of your functions, but >> at least one of them needs to have a side effect for most >> applications. >> >> Does anyone recall who said something like that? >> >> -- >> R. Mark Volkmann >> Object Computing, Inc. >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
