Why functional Python matters

[Daniel Barlow]

laotseu <bdesth at removethis.free.fr> writes:

> Ok, cross-posted and fu2 positionned.

Followup reset.  Lisp users already know the answer to this one; if
Python users also want to, it should go to comp.lang.python.

> Lispers friends, let's have you're opinion on that point : is Common
> Lisp a functionnal language ?

Common Lisp is a multiparadigm language.  If the question is "Does
Common Lisp support a functional style of programming", the answer is
"yes".  If the question is "Does Common Lisp _require_ a functional
style of programming", no, absolutely not.

And to say that CLOS is built "on top of" CL, though historically
accurate, is no longer really correct.  CLOS is _part_ of ANSI Common
Lisp.


-dan

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