Re: pitching names for the attribute for a function with no memor y or side effects

[John Porter]

Frank Tobin wrote:
> While the
> term "pure", surely can be deemed "correct" in the context of functional
> programming, it cannot in standard Perl programming.  
> considering context in which most Perl is written, "pure" has no
> meaning, and hence I wouldn't consider it "correct".

No, "pure function" has a general meaning, independent of any
specific language.
Besides, you're making too much of a distinction between perl and
other languages.  Lisp isn't a pure FP language by any means.

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