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0 pointsint_19h5y ago0 comments

I think that Rust is often assumed to be functional because it has ADTs and nice pattern matching, both of which have historically been a feature specific to FP. Just goes to show how fuzzy our definition of FP really is...

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ragnese5y ago

Agreed. Same with "OOP". Who the hell knows what people really mean when they say that.

Those people who think that "FP" means "type system like Haskell" are wrong, though, IMO. It precludes languages that are much more function-based, such as Clojure, Schemes, Elixir.

scns5y ago

Usually when the term OOP is used, it actually means ClassOrientedProgramming (C++/Java/C# etc)

ragnese5y ago

Which I also don't understand. Is that a style of overusing classes where functions would suffice (FooHelper)? Or is it something about the language? Because almost all popular languages have classes. Rust and Go call them "struct", but it's the same thing. Swift has "class" and "struct", but they're both the same thing as a C++ class.

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wtetzner5y ago

Functional in my mind more or less means means working with immutable values.

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ragnese5y ago

Agreed. Same with "OOP". Who the hell knows what people really mean when they say that.

Those people who think that "FP" means "type system like Haskell" are wrong, though, IMO. It precludes languages that are much more function-based, such as Clojure, Schemes, Elixir.

scns5y ago

Usually when the term OOP is used, it actually means ClassOrientedProgramming (C++/Java/C# etc)

ragnese5y ago

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wtetzner5y ago

Functional in my mind more or less means means working with immutable values.

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