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		rayiner on Jan 29, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Functional thinking: Why functional programming is... I don't think there is one uniform definition of functional programming. It's a vague characteristic of a language in the same sense as "object oriented."

_ezkx on Jan 29, 2013 [–]

> I don't think there is one uniform definition of functional programming.

Only because people are lazy in their words and thinking.

PnuklOEvolu on Jan 30, 2013 | [–]

I agree people never evaluate the function early enough, glad I'm not one.

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