@VesselOfSpirit well, it doesn't seem worth it to a lot of people, which is why functional programming is not very popular
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Replying to @admittedlyhuman
@admittedlyhuman but it's popular among cool people though1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@VesselOfSpirit I think freeing themselves from worries about side effects lets them do otherwise risky things you might not even consider1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@VesselOfSpirit like, lazy evaluation? if you know that only the return value matters you don't need to calculate it until it matters?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @admittedlyhuman
@admittedlyhuman does the code actually end up being faster1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@VesselOfSpirit I think people use lazy evaluation for things like infinitely long lists, so yes definitely1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @admittedlyhuman
@admittedlyhuman having trouble thinking of places where i could simplify my code with infinitely long lists but maybe lack of imagination1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@admittedlyhuman haskell looks like it has a lot of garbage characters in it. i like typing english words instead1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@admittedlyhuman it's what my keyboard was designed for. i shouldn't have to do finger acrobatics to make garbage characters1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@admittedlyhuman okay maybe only a medium amount. but still
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