"All programs must have side effects to be useful" - can we please stop repeating this awful lie?
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Replying to @puffnfresh
@puffnfresh Is that side effects in the sense of talking to a database or in the sense of any kind of output?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @seanparsons
@seanparsons "my program talks to a database therefore it side-effects" is nonsense.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @puffnfresh
@puffnfresh@seanparsons How so? If the state of the database changes as a result of the function being called it's not ref. transparent.6 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
Replying to @ctford
@ctford @puffnfresh @seanparsons The idea of "inherent side effect" is a trophy example of projection bias and an absent imagination.
11:41 PM - 3 Aug 2013
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