"A program that has no side effects whatsoever is a kind of black box. All you can tell is that the box gets hotter."
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Replying to @silvanshade
@darinmorrison Those who believe they program with *exclusively* functions are working with a different definition of "program" than I am.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @djspiewak
@djspiewak@darinmorrison Many of us program exclusively with functions are you know them. Come join us.6 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @dibblego
@dibblego@darinmorrison The quote uses a particular definition of "program" which I believed to be widely held. Apparently it isn't.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @djspiewak
@djspiewak@darinmorrison there is no definition where the quote makes any sense at all. It is held by no single person.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @dibblego
@dibblego@darinmorrison Clearly it’s not held by “no single person” since I hold the definition as well as SPJ.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @djspiewak
@djspiewak@darinmorrison it is far more likely that you have misunderstood than SPJ saying something so obviously wrong.3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @dibblego
@dibblego@darinmorrison My quote is a *trivial* derivation from what he said, taking a “function” to always be a “pure function” (by defn).2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@djspiewak @darinmorrison there are still too many other things more likely to have occurred.
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Replying to @dibblego
@dibblego@darinmorrison What is likely to have occurred?0 replies 0 retweets 1 likeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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