Tony Morris

@malk_zameth @bitemyapp @psnively It's humanly intractable for non-trivial adherence to FP thesis absent types. That's why you never see it.

@dibblego @bitemyapp @malk_zameth @psnively It's hard when most think of lisp as the parent language for all things functional

@rickasaurus @bitemyapp @malk_zameth @psnively Saying a language is (not) functional is like saying triangles do (not) boil above 7 metres.

@dibblego @rickasaurus the problem is they think a language is functional, and the only alt. they are open to is "not functional" ..

@dom_dere @rickasaurus Asking whether or not a language is functional is so inane that I lament the current date and that it is still asked.

@dibblego @puffnfresh @dom_dere @rickasaurus Why? Because one can apply fp techniques even in assembler? (Not that this would be fun...)

@jnfrd @puffnfresh @dom_dere @rickasaurus "Apply FP techniques?" is quite a different question to whether a language is functional.

@dibblego @puffnfresh @dom_dere @rickasaurus I meant one can do functional programming in most languages - even if it may hurt. clearer?