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Replying to @channingwalton
@channingwalton@bodil@rvirding It is not possible. Java guys attempt to emulate it with singleton and get all tangled up.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @dibblego
@dibblego@channingwalton@bodil Not saying you CAN implement <latest buzzword> properly, but you can CLAIM it does. Functional C, java.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @rvirding
@rvirding@channingwalton@bodil Java is perfectly capable of functional programming and totally incapable of implementing type-classes.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @dibblego
@dibblego@channingwalton@bodil Yes java can do functional programming. Sort of. You can't rely on it behaving properly.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @rvirding
@rvirding@channingwalton@bodil you can do functional programming proper in java c.f. Functional Java.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @dibblego
@dibblego@channingwalton@bodil What if you call something from outside Functional Java, something that mutates data?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @rvirding
@rvirding@channingwalton@bodil then you have the same problems everyone else does. This is aside from the ability for FP in Java.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @dibblego
@dibblego@channingwalton@bodil That is what I mean by claiming you can do FP. In that sense you can do FP in any language.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@rvirding @channingwalton @bodil yes and java is relatively amenable to FP compared to say python or ruby. ie. less terrible.
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