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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@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).
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@dibblego@viktorklang@runarorama I don't speak Scala, but in Haskell ST and IO are definitely destructive and not purely-functional -
@acfoltzer@dibblego@viktorklang But they are purely functional. http://blog.higher-order.com/blog/2012/09/13/what-purity-is-and-isnt/ … - Show replies
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