D vs. functional langauges

[Bruno Medeiros]

Minich Michal wrote:
> Author of this article is asking question if hybrid languages like D 
> will renderfunctional languages irrelevant.
> 
> http://pinderkent.blogsavy.com/archives/141
> 
> It is rather strong question. It's hardly imaginable that any language 
> (even such good as D :) could make any other languages irrelevant. At 
> most, it can render some lanauges less suitable for specific tasks.
> 
> 

It may render *some* of the functional *advantages* of functional 
languages irrelevant, but not the whole of functional languages.
For starters, in many cases the advantages of functional languages is 
not just that they are functional, but also that they are highly dynamic 
(like Common Lisp).
Second, altough D has many functional features, it's not as functional a 
language as others out there, like Erlang or even Nemerle.

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Bruno Medeiros - MSc in CS/E student
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