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Why functional Python matters - A kind of conclusion

laotseu bdesth at removethis.free.fr
Fri Apr 18 19:30:05 EDT 2003 
Bjorn Pettersen wrote:
>>From: laotseu [mailto:bdesth at removethis.free.fr] 
>>
>>Paul Foley wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 15 Apr 2003 23:49:37 +0000, laotseu  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Even for OO programmers, functionnal features in Python are IMHO a
>>>>great plus, and BTW functionnal and OO paradigm does not have to
>>>>conflict (that would be functionnal vs imperative and object vs
>>>>procedural). CLOS is one of the great system objects out here, and
>>>>it's been implemented on top of a functionnal language,
>>>
>>>Oh yes?  Which functional language would that be?
>>>
>>
>>CLOS means Common Lisp Object System.
> 
> 
> "Houston: we have a claim that CL is a functional language, please
> proceed with crosspost to c.l.sml, c.l.haskell, ..." <grin>.
> 

Ok folks

Due to my deep ignorance, I came to believe that Lisp was the first 
programming language based on the lambda calculus theory, the first 
language to promote functions as first class objects, and the first 
language to promote side-effect free programming style...

It seems that good old time is gone, and that even lispers themselves - 
BTW, is Paul Graham still a Lisper ? -  claims that Lisp is not a 
functional language. So I just can agree with them and <troll>proudly 
announce that Lisp is now a procedural, pascal-style language</troll>. 
oops, sorry, that was not that either. Er, a general multi-paradigm 
language.

So :

for x in range(100):
   print "I shall not say that Lisp is a functional language anymore"


Laotseu
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