> 1. Isn't the world actually imperative? And mutable? Collaboration > *is* a messy proposition in real life. It's hard to fix your car, and > even harder to have lots of people fix your car. I find the "it models > the real world better" justification for functional programming rather > confusing. (Indeed, the CPU and physical memory also have an > imperative relationship!)
I think it is important not to conflate Clojure with functional programming, since the latter is very broad. The world is a series of immutable states, and the future is a function of the past. See http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Are-We-There-Yet-Rich-Hickey. Cheers, Stu -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
