scala != functional programming
http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/scala-not-functional/
It does have functional programming constructs though
Clojure is a much better candidate for FP on the JVM.
It does have functional programming constructs though
Clojure is a much better candidate for FP on the JVM.
Note: NOT written by same guy who did "Scala not Functional".
Everybody has a different definition of FP in mind with these, uh, parameters:
- "no hidden side effects"; clearly demarcated IO functions, database calls.
- curry, partial function application; lexical closures
- TCO
- 1st class, higher-order functions
- Immutable / persistent collections / data structures
Altho most people agree that these are orthogonal to the definition of FP, (but nice to have:
- type inference (ML's is variously referred to as Damas-Milner or Hindley-Milner) or static typing
- lazy eval
- pattern matching
- green/lightweight threads with message passing OR STM/MVCC
- monads,arrows, functors, CPS
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/485418/distinctive-traits...
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1112773/what-are-the-core...
- lisps and schemes: CL, racket,
- the ML/erlang/haskell axis incl ocaml,
- spoken of in reverent tones: dylan, clean, mozart/oz
- the JVM/CLR languages: clojure, F#, scala, groovy, jruby
"- the JVM/CLR languages: clojure, F#, scala, groovy, jruby"
Yes, it is, it's and OO and FP.