Comments on: New PeriodicalUpdater Feature, and, Mutable Data Sucks: A Case in Point http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/periodicalupdater-and-mutable-data/ programming, politics, & other religious issues Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sohum http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/periodicalupdater-and-mutable-data/#comment-36997 Sohum Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:07:17 +0000 http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/?p=1978#comment-36997 Ah, apologies, I'm a new reader :) Ah, apologies, I’m a new reader :)

]]> By: Robert Fischer http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/periodicalupdater-and-mutable-data/#comment-36995 Robert Fischer Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:07:27 +0000 http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/?p=1978#comment-36995 Yes, I'm very aware. You may want to check out the blog posts under "Most Popular Posts" in the left sidebar of this blog, because functional programming evangelism and discussion is one of the main themes around here. Part of the reason I'm bringing these cases to the attention of the readers is to help people get why I am so hung up on functional programming. One of the things that surprised me back at the last JavaOne is how far Clojure gets with immutability and dynamic typing. I've advocated before that static typing and functional programming go hand-in-hand (see the <a href="http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/functional-programming-typing-and-closures/" rel="nofollow">Functional Programming, Typing, and Closures</a> post for more on that), but Clojure's making me re-think that somewhat. It's amazing how far they get with just immutability. Yes, I’m very aware. You may want to check out the blog posts under “Most Popular Posts” in the left sidebar of this blog, because functional programming evangelism and discussion is one of the main themes around here. Part of the reason I’m bringing these cases to the attention of the readers is to help people get why I am so hung up on functional programming.

One of the things that surprised me back at the last JavaOne is how far Clojure gets with immutability and dynamic typing. I’ve advocated before that static typing and functional programming go hand-in-hand (see the Functional Programming, Typing, and Closures post for more on that), but Clojure’s making me re-think that somewhat. It’s amazing how far they get with just immutability.

]]> By: Sohum http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/periodicalupdater-and-mutable-data/#comment-36994 Sohum Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:53:06 +0000 http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/?p=1978#comment-36994 You probably already know this, but it's actually an entire paradigm: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_programming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referential_transparency_(computer_science) You probably already know this, but it’s actually an entire paradigm:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_programming
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referential_transparency_(computer_science)

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