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Invisible wrote:
> Just for giggles, I started trying to implement this in Java. But I
> quickly ended up with 13 classes, almost all of which are about 5 lines
> long.
Java is the kingdom of nouns. Functions are second-class citizens. Even
downward funargs need to be associated with a class, even if it's
anonymous and only has one function and no instance variables in it.
Of course implementing a functional application in Java is going to
suck. :-)
http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/03/execution-in-kingdom-of-nouns.html
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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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