> Let's just say it's a mixed blessing, as IMO neither functional nor > imperative typesystems provide all the answers.
I agree with you. It’s a compromise, and honestly, I cannot imagine a better way of doing things…..maybe I am just not smart enough... If you make it 100% functional it is very hard to program in. If you make it 100% imperative you kill optimization. If you make it predicate-based (as SQL) you don’t have enough expressive power. So ….. Dana
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