A relevant quote from http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/FP/intro0.htm
A system is composed of components; a component is something you understand.
— Howard Aiken, via Ken Iverson
Howard Aiken was Ken Iverson's thesis supervisor. If Iverson is the father
of APL then Aiken would be the grandfather.
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 8:13 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
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> http://pchiusano.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/why-functional-code-is-shorter.html
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> "We have only just begun to appreciate how compositionality can change
> the nature of software."
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> ;)
>
> --
> Raul
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