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I Thought I Knew What "Functional" Meant

chromatic on 2007-06-11T19:42:09

From a language perspective, we seem to be getting closer and closer to a functional language. Ruby is just one step in that direction.... Domain specific languages will be unleashed, and driven from things like IDEA’s language workbench and programming languages and concepts in Ruby. This will take us closer to functional programming languages than we’ve ever been.

— Bruce Tate Answers

When I am emperor, the penalty for using words without knowing what they mean will be a severe beating.

Shazam!

djberg96 on 2007-06-12T00:06:46

Perhaps Bruce stumbled upon Erlectricity. :)

Re:Shazam!

chromatic on 2007-06-12T04:41:22

I don't know about that, but it's clear that he's never been in the same room with anyone who's ever seen Smalltalk.

Someone had to say it.

VSarkiss on 2007-06-12T13:59:20

"That word -- I do not think it means what you think it means."

You missed the Ruby mind-meld

Simon on 2007-06-13T13:57:49

In Rubyspeak, a "functional" language is one that functions the same way as Ruby does, just like how a domain-specific language is one that is useful in the same domain as Ruby.

Re:You missed the Ruby mind-meld

chromatic on 2007-06-13T19:04:37

I can smell the influence of the Java ("We standardized and then invented everything you could possibly ever want!") and the PHP ("I like to use words! Words are fun! Equestrian callipygous phylactery! That means web site!") converts.