On Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 02:53:03PM +0100, Claus Reinke wrote: > Functional programming, i.e., programming with functions, is possible in > languages that do not support all features that have become common in > many functional languages. [eg. higher-order functions] Well then, it appears that I have a mistaken idea of what functional programming is. Can you give me, to cure my ignorance, a few examples of languages (preferably ones that are in use nowadays) that are *not* functional and the reasons why this is so. Is C functional, since it is possible to program with functions in it? > From the perspective of numerical programmers, you could also ask: Isn't > compilation of high-level array operations into efficient code a > necessary part of every useful (FP) language? I would definitely agree with that question if you didn't refer to FP in it. You don't define FP as "useful", do you? -- %%% Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ %%% "" (John Cage)
