I've now learned that functional programming languages don't have assignment. And there I was thinking it was _reassignment_ they avoided…
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@runarorama It always depends on definitions, doesn't it. What would life be without discussions of semantics ;-)
@viktorklang @runarorama they don't have destructive reassignment, not to be confused with reassignment.
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@dibblego That's a very valid point. /cc@runarorama -
@viktorklang@runarorama see scalaz.effect.{ST, IO} for modelling reassignment such that it is not destructive (pure functional var). - Show replies
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