X-FeedAbuse: http://nntpfeed.proxad.net/abuse.pl feeded by 88.191.16.109 Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.dougwise.org!nntpfeed.proxad.net!nospam.fr.eu.org!talisker.lacave.net!lacave.net!not-for-mail From: Mike Stephens Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby Subject: Re: functional paradigm taking over Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 01:25:20 -0500 Organization: Service de news de lacave.net Lines: 28 Message-ID: <8e754c14fbfe35586553310f5f2f4041@ruby-forum.com> References: <6aeb13eb26b5656ca2247601ed369bcf@ruby-forum.com> <4D99ABF9.60407@classicnet.net> <20110404131734.24b9f7c4@fractal> <20110404132907.6fbdedac@fractal> <20110404150627.GG99405@guilt.hydra> <20110404164212.79e2baea@fractal> <20110404175500.GC99867@guilt.hydra> <20110412153237.GC38073@guilt.hydra> <20110413183155.GB43031@guilt.hydra> NNTP-Posting-Host: bristol.highgroove.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: talisker.lacave.net 1302848861 52293 65.111.164.187 (15 Apr 2011 06:27:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@lacave.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 06:27:41 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: X-Received-From: This message has been automatically forwarded from the ruby-talk mailing list by a gateway at comp.lang.ruby. If it is SPAM, it did not originate at comp.lang.ruby. Please report the original sender, and not us. Thanks! For more details about this gateway, please visit: http://blog.grayproductions.net/categories/the_gateway X-Mail-Count: 381606 X-Ml-Name: ruby-talk X-Rubymirror: Yes X-Ruby-Talk: <8e754c14fbfe35586553310f5f2f4041@ruby-forum.com> Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.ruby:2916 >Michal Suchanek wrote in post #992724: > Calling something a programming language does in my book imply that > - it is meant to be used by humans > - it is meant to give instructions to some system, such as a > computer, an application, etc. > > This implies that Excel is not a programming language Michal, there have been many such non-sequiturs in this thread, but that is the most elegantly simple. I apologise for bringing Excel into the discussion - which was supposed to be about people's thoughts on functional programming languages. Excel - like functional languages - makes you come up with new patterns. My defence is it's like introducing a new recruit to the village cricket team, then people find out he's gay. I'm not to know in advance whether they find that peripheral aspect irrelevant, interesting or an extremely serious matter. Going back to functional languages in the normal sense, few people on this thread seem to be that interested, and when I've mentioned them in a work context (typically .NET), nobody's bothered. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.