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Re: Functional Paradigm popularity and Maths (Was: XML as a transition to s-expr)

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Date: 19 Dec 2001 11:34:53 -0500
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>    Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 04:23:06 -0800
>    From: "David Simmons" <David.Simmons@smallscript.net>
> 
>    Lisp requires one to think in terms of "lists" and "recursion".

Yes, but that is the nature of computer science.  Would you hire a
programmer unfamiliar with both recursion and lists?

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