James Iry Wrote: > No, C does not support functional programming. It is pretty much impossible > to write an interesting C program that does not mutate things. That's not a > condemnation of C, I still have a soft spot in my heart for it, but it is a > recognition of how C is deeply tied to an imperative model of computation.
Impossible? Tedious perhaps but certainly not (even close to) impossible. Thinking of C++ as syntactic sugar over C, and given that most of my C++ development work these days is functional in nature (emphasising the immutability aspect), I contest that your statement is false as a blanket, outright statement. Certainly though, to code C/C++ in a functional fashion requires a fair amount of experience and rethinking of imperative coding habits. There is no reason to think that D programming cannot also be approached with a functional mindset. Justin Johansson
