On 13/03/2014 03:09, Rustom Mody wrote:
Call the action-world the 'imperative' world. Call the value-world the 'functional' world ('declarative' would be better but 'functional' is too entrenched).[Following table meant to be read with fixed (courier) font] | | Imperative | Functional | | Language entity | Statement | Expression | | Denote (and think with) | Action | Value | | Abstracted into | Procedure | Function | | Atoms are | Assignment | Constant/Variable | | Data Structures | Mutable | Immutable | | Loop primitive | Recursion | Iteration | | World is | In time | Timeless (Platonic) |
Small typo I think in that the looping Primitives are switched about? Regards Ian -- Ian Hobson 29 Manorfield Close, Northampton NN3 9SL, Tel: 01604 513875 Preparing eBooks for Kindle and ePub formats to give the best reader experience. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
