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I think it is neck and neck whether C++ template instantiation or XSLT is the ugliest unintentional functional programming language.

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I'd say C++ templates are a clear winner in this contest. Simple due to the sheer volume of unintelligible nonsense the compiler produces if there is an error in the template.

Clang would beg to differ.

I'm pretty sure XSLT functional paradigm was intentional.

XSLT 2 functional programming was intentional, in XSLT 1 it was more accidentally discovered http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/articles/FuncProg/Functional%20P...

I don't think it's even functional, as it lacks lambdas. It's just pure insane.

It's declarative at any rate. It's verbose but as long as it isn't used like an imperative language, I don't find it ugly.

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