On 23.5.2011 16:39, Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote:
torb...@diku.dk (Torben Ægidius Mogensen) writes:
Xah Lee<xah...@gmail.com> writes:
Functional Programing: stop using recursion, cons. Use map& vectors.
〈Guy Steele on Parallel Programing〉
http://xahlee.org/comp/Guy_Steele_parallel_computing.html
This is more or less what Backus said in his Turing Award lecture about
FP.
Stop inflating his ego! Next he'll quote Nobel prize winners...
Well said.... That inspired me to note:
LISP without recursion would be like a jet airplane without wings....
Recursion is an important part of the functional programming paradigm
(yes, I do know that LISP is not a purely functional language...)
LISP denotes, List Processing. List Processing without cons ????? Ugh.
regards, andy
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