I didn't think you originated the quote, but did you mention it during one of your presentations? Maybe I'm thinking of someone else.
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Rich Hickey <richhic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
