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

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)

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