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

To: Guy Steele - Sun Microsystems Labs <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: Functional Paradigm popularity and Maths (Was: XML as a transition to s-expr)
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Date: 21 Dec 2001 09:41:49 -0500
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Guy Steele - Sun Microsystems Labs <gls@labean.East.Sun.COM> writes:

> Indeed, for many purposes, "computer science experts" make lousy
> applications programmers.  They spend all their time inventing
> new programming languages rather than getting the job done.  :-)

Yeah, once you learn about `recursion' and `lists', your career as an
application programmer is finished.

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- RE: Functional Paradigm popularity and Maths (Was: XML as a transition to s-expr)
  - From: Guy Steele - Sun Microsystems Labs <gls@labean.East.Sun.COM>

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