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I don't think anyone is arguing that, say, Standard ML isn't a functional language, and if anyone did, they would probably be laughed out of the room.


Well, even on this thread FP is being discussed as a set of Haskell features, starting with the idea that all FP languages use immutable data only.

Which would make Standard ML not a FP language. :)


Then I guess we can start laughing at some people, yes?


It seems like so, but I rather prefer the quixotic way that some education is still possible.




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