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The Return of Functional Programming

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Post by chsreekar » Thu, Jun 20, 2019, 7:21 AM UTC

The Return of Functional Programming
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Post by ncmncm » Fri, Jun 21, 2019, 3:58 AM UTC

Again?

Call me when it works without GC.

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Post by rurban » Fri, Jun 21, 2019, 5:04 AM UTC

ncmncm wrote: post #2

Again? Call me when it works without GC.

No, we won't go back to the dark ages of memory errors. Memory management is too important to be left to the user.

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Post by ncmncm » Fri, Jun 21, 2019, 5:54 AM UTC

rurban wrote: post #3

ncmncm wrote: post #2

Again? Call me when it works without GC.

No, we won't go back to the dark ages of memory errors. Memory management is too important to be left to the user.

Didn't say anything about "leaving it to the user". Nobody does that, nowadays.

But that doesn't imply GC.

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